Keeling Curve’s graph showing rise of CO2 levels from 1958 until today measured in PPM. Credit: Keeling Curve. By Anders Lorenzen In the last year we have seen several records being broken; […]
Will global CO2 levels reach 400 PPM this year?
Shell postpones it’s Arctic plans again
By Anders Lorenzen Dutch oil giant Shell declared last night that it would abandon its ambitious plans for drilling in the Alaskan Arctic in 2013. In a press statement they said: “We’ve […]
Shell’s arctic dream starts to falter
Shell’s drilling platform runs aground of the Alaskan coast. By Anders Lorenzen After a year dominated by having Greenpeace on their backs, oil giant Shell would had hoped for a gentler and […]
Things that happened in 2012, and looking ahead to 2013…
By Anders Lorenzen 2012 was a complex year for environmentalists; dark warnings were brought by the climate, however there were also flickers of hope eg. in the form of advancements in research […]
Film review: Is Chasing Ice the next Inconvenient Truth?
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Opinion: Others should follow Waitrose’s lead – put Shell on ice!
This was meant to be a blog about Waitrose’s relationship with fossil fuel giant Shell (Waitrose had been considering plans to open up shops in Shell petrol stations across the country), calling […]
A dark week for the climate
With less than a week to go to Cop 18 the, UN’s climate talks the past week have seen several sombre climate news announced. Last week, a report published by the International […]
Will we see a greener president during Obama’s second and final term?
Obama speaking in Iowa surrounded by wind turbines about extending the wind tax break. As the election results started to come in on Tuesday night, the world held its breath and questioned […]
A greener life, a greener world 