By Matt Finch Oil’s back in the news again (for some it never left), although most of us probably missed the fact that OPEC met with Russia in Doha last month and […]
Crude oil, the financier of terror groups
Oil Pumps – Image credit to CGP Grey, on Flickr. By Katie Morrey Last year there was another well financed, thought-out terror attack in Paris, with the terror organisation ISIS claiming responsibility. […]
Analysis: The five year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform on fire.Photo credit: ideum via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The most talked about oil spill in history, BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, […]
UK: David Cameron launches aggressive attack on onshore wind
Photo credit: Gerry Machen – via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen As the UK government desperately tries to attract shale gas companies to the country by offering them generous tax breaks, David Cameron […]
Enbridge Line 9 bitumen pipeline approved with weak conditions
By guest contributor Derek Leahy The National Energy Board approved Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline project last week. “[This] decision shows the system is broken. Line 9 puts millions of people and every […]
Opinion: Cameron and Salmond: it’s time to wave goodbye to UK’s North Sea oil and gas reserves
BP oil rig in the North Sea visited by David Cameron during his Scotland trip. Photo credit: The Prime Ministers Office – via flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Scotland’s independence debate this week […]
Opinion: China and the Arctic
Chinese MV Xue Long in the Arctic waters. By Anders Lorenzen At the recent Arctic Council meeting which this year took place in Kiruna, Sweden representations from the eight Arctic countries: Canada, […]
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 […]
Analysis: Does nuclear have a future?
Has Germany’s anti-nuclear protests driven up carbon emissions? By Anders LorenzenIn the past week Guardian columnist George Monbiot and green party MP Caroline Lucas have made compelling cases for and against nuclear […]
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 […]
