Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari. Photo credit: Chatham House via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The people of Africa’s largest economy, largest oil producer and most populous country, Nigeria, have made their choice […]
A BP oil platform in the North Sea. Photo credit: Reuters / Andy Buchanan / Pool. By Anders Lorenzen Greenpeace, who in the last few years have campaigned against Arctic oil drilling, […]
The Greenlandic ice sheet’s rapid ice melt is opening up new economic opportunities. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. By Anders Lorenzen Greenland, who undoubtedly are experiencing the most rapid change […]
In addition to highlighting the serious threat climate change poses, the aim of this blog is to spread news of some of the amazing positive stories about action on climate change around […]
Photo credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace. You may have noticed that we have extensively covered the Greenpeace Arctic protest story about which 28 activists and two journalists have been detained in Murmansk […]
Video source: AlJazeera The climbers on the long journey to the top of the Shard. The recently completed London skyscraper ‘The Shard’ which can boast the tallest building in Europe title were […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 greener life, a greener world 