August 17, 2015 Arctic, Climate change, Fossil fuels Obama to visit Alaska against background of climate change – and fears of oil drilling fans President Barack Obama would travel to Alaska at the end of this month to visit the front lines of US climate change, which he called “one […]
August 5, 2015 Arctic, Gas, Oil Russia submits claim on the North Pole to UN – but oil aspirations seem dead in the water Russia on Tuesday submitted claims to the United Nation for control of staggering swathes of Arctic seabed, stretching as far north as the […]
July 30, 2015 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Gas, Oil Statoil, a Norwegian state-owned petroleum company lets go of all shame; puts climate future and Norway’s reputation at risk On 17 June 2015, Vice President and Chief Economist of Norway’s state-owned petroleum company Statoil, Mr Eirik Wærness, left all shame […]
July 2, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill BP and Gulf States agree to $18.7 billion damage settlement, but will it make the region ‘whole?’ NEW ORLEANS –The federal government and Gulf Coast states have reached an $18.7 billion settlement agreement with the oil company BP for […]
June 9, 2015 Fossil fuels, Gulf of Mexico oil spill Hurricane season brings fears of massive Deepwater Horizon oiling in Gulf of Mexico MOBILE, Alabama – An Alabama chemist is warning Gulf of Mexico residents that future hurricanes could bring Deepwater Horizon oil and […]
