Climate Change

LIVE: Arctic oil drilling platform occupied by activists

Posted by jamie — 24 August 2012 at 9:50am - Comments

Activists board the Gazprom Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform, Russia

Prirazlomnaya.

It’s certainly a mouthful, but it’s also the new name – and face – of Arctic destruction today. This giant Russian platform is set to be the first to try and commercially produce offshore Arctic oil anywhere on the planet.

Article tagged as: #savethearctic, arctic, climate change, gazprom, oil, russia

European Commission lacks ambition in reducing emissions from cars

Posted by sara_a — 13 July 2012 at 12:19pm - Comments

Stormtrooper outside Acea car lobby meeting in Brussels

Over half a million people have made it impossible for VW to openly oppose targets

This week the European Commission published a new draft proposal on car efficiency for 2020. They agreed to stick with their original target but have missed a chance to go further towards getting us off our oil addiction.

Article tagged as: climate change, dark side, EC, emissions, european commission, oil, transport, VW, VWDarkside

The Energy Omnishambles

Posted by petespeller — 22 May 2012 at 6:02pm - Comments

A loop hole in the Energy Bill could see the return of coal-fired power stations

The government's flagship attempt to reform where our electricity comes from prioritises expensive gas and nuclear over renewable energy, doesn’t even mention money saving energy efficiency and is so complicated that even the energy utilities don't understand it.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, energy, energy bill, gas, nuclear

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