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Exxon admits climate change denial is a problem

Posted by jamie — 29 May 2008 at 10:25am - Comments

It's long been known that energy giant ExxonMobil has been pumping money into organisations and think tanks which have spread confusion and doubt about climate change. Our own ExxonSecrets project has been exposing the links between the company and these outspoken bodies for several years.

Four thousand tonne oil spill in the North Sea

Posted by bex — 12 December 2007 at 4:49pm - Comments

Some bad news from our Nordic office: around 4000 tonnes of raw oil has leaked into the North Sea, in the second largest oil spill in Norwegian history.

25,000 barrels-worth of oil leaked into a key herring and mackerel ground and is now drifting northwards. The waves are too high for any oil lenses to work, and a lot of the oil's being washed underwater.

The accident happened when a pipe broke during the loading of oil from the Statfjod A platform in bad weather.

There's more on Reuters.

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Oil to burn in the Arctic?

Posted by jamie — 1 August 2007 at 3:28pm - Comments

After twenty years out of fashion, the term 'cold war' has become the hot favourite in Fleet Street once more. Not just because diplomatic relations between Russia and the UK distinctly frosty at the moment, but Russia's current Arctic adventures are lowering the temperature even further.

Solving the oil crisis: "We need something like whales, but infinitely more abundant"

Posted by bex — 15 June 2007 at 3:47pm - Comments

Exxon's PR campaign (which seems to run along the lines of "we may fund climate change deniers and oppose Kyoto but we're quite nice really") suffered a slight setback yesterday, when 300 people from the oil industry apparently believed that Exxon's newest fossil fuel was made out of human flesh - belonging to the victims of climate change.

Exxon: still pumping out lies

Posted by bex — 18 May 2007 at 6:05pm - Comments

Exxon is still lying

Well, despite Exxon's protestations of squeaky-cleanness earlier this year, it looks like climate change skeptics can rest easy in their beds; climate change denial is going to be a lucrative industry for a while yet.

Bush allies offer scientists $10,000 to attack UN climate report

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Northstar in the Arctic

The Bush Administration's favourite think tank has been offering scientists $10,000 to attack the UN's new climate change report.

Stop Esso

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Esso funds groups to produce junk science that denies climate changeEsso has done more than any other company to stop the world from tackling climate change.

For over a decade, it has tried to sabotage international climate change negotiations and block agreements that would lead to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

UK dependence on foreign oil set to increase by 800% - new report

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7 December, 2006

Burning oilwell, Al Burgan oilfield, Kuwait

Reducing oil reliance key to Britain's future, says Greenpeace

Britain's dependence on foreign oil is set to grow eight-fold by 2030, making the UK transport system more reliant on areas of conflict, particularly Middle Eastern countries, according to a new report.

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