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Climate Change “Rewriting Business”

Climate change is "rewriting the rules for business" and sparking economic investment to the tune of billions of pounds, according to WorldWatch. According to the Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2008 study, money is pouring into areas such as...

Bali and the Bigotry of Low Expectations

Kenny Bruno explains why "Just Hang in there 13 more months" was the unoffiical motto of the Bali conference on climate change. Despite a last minute dramatic confrontation, the recent Climate Convention meeting in Bali, touted as "the most important...

The Dinosaurs Still Graze at the AEI

Great article from Charlie Cray in the Huffington Post:"It felt like I'd just walked onto the set of the sequel to Jurassic Park. There was an industry dinosaur who I'd thought was gone for good." He continues: "But no. Former...

“The future is knocking at our door right now”

Al Gore used the occasion of his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize lecture yesterday to tell the world in powerful, stark language: Climate change is a “real, rising, imminent and universal” threat. Whilst delegates try to trash out a deal in...

Aiding Oil, Harming the Climate

Bali, Indonesia – Oil Change International today released a new database and report that reveals over $61.3 billion in international public financing has benefited the oil and gas industry since 2000. Just last week, the European Parliament overwhelmingly passed language...

Saudis Embark on PR Exercise to Show World They Have Enough Oil

Slowly but surely the unthinkable is becoming thinkable. The days of “peak” are fast approaching, and such is the shortage of new areas coming on stream that there is a “production ceiling” to the amount of oil that can be...

Power Stations: Oz Named the Worst Emitter

A study of the world's power stations has shown the extent to which developed countries produce more carbon dioxide per head than emerging economies. Australians were found to be the world's worst polluters per capita, producing five times as much...

UN Chief Visits Antarctica

When UN boss Ban Ki-moon clambered out of a Chilean Air Force transport plane and planted his boots in the snows of Antarctica, he became the first head of the UN ever to visit the world's icy underbelly. It might...

Un Chief to Visit Antarctica and Amazon

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has made climate change a priority, will visit the Antarctic and the Amazon rain forest during a South American tour starting next week, the United Nations has confirmed. The visits will be "so that he can...

The “Dark Side” of Oil Sands

People concerned about the environmental and social downside of the tar sands boom, should read the Guardian today, with a long feature on the “dark side” of  the frontier town of Fort McMurray, which is an oil sands boom town...