BP's full year results
released today, show that the company carries a responsibility for emission of
1.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2007 [1], but the press
release hides that worse is yet to come. Greenpeace and PLATFORM have discovered
that BP is making a dramatic shift 'back to petroleum'.
Since the appointment of Tony
Hayward as Group Chief Executive, BP has invested heavily in Canadian tar sands
[2] and the company has substantially deprioritised BP Alternative Energy.
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In my last
post about carbon calculators, the tricky question of indirect emissions came
up. I'm putting my own life through various calculators and seeing how they
compare, but in trying to log my daily activities that consume energy and
resources there are a number of unknowables.
Britain today committed to launching a clean energy revolution which will create
thousands of jobs, help reduce carbon emissions and if delivered confirm the
country's position as a world leader on climate change. These developments will
put Britain in pole position for the
transition to a low carbon economy expected by the middle of this century.
Posted by jamie — 23 January 2008 at 8:31am
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As much as
any announcement from the EU can generate enormous anticipation, the proposed
renewable energy targets for member states has been eagerly awaited by our
climate change team. It's been pretty much public knowledge for some time what the
target for the UK is expected to be but never the less, being told to produce 15
per cent of our energy from renewable sources by 2020 will necessarily kick-start
a clean energy revolution - currently our renewable energy total is less than 3
per cent, just behind Malta in the EU league table.
The next twelve years will see Britain embark on an unprecedented push to build
clean energy projects as ministers across Europe prepare to embrace new, more ambitious renewable
energy targets.
Greenpeace understands that,under figures to be
announced tomorrow, the UK will be required to generate
around 15 per cent of its total energy (electricity, heat and transport) from renewables
by 2020. Different EU countries have been allocated different targets depending
on their circumstances.
The next twelve years will see Britain embark on an unprecedented push to build
clean energy projects as ministers across Europe prepare to embrace new, more ambitious renewable
energy targets.
Greenpeace understands that under figures to be
announced tomorrow the UK will be required to generate
around 15 per cent of its total energy (electricity, heat and transport) from renewables
by 2020. Different EU countries have been allocated different targets depending
on their circumstances.
Posted by jamie — 17 January 2008 at 5:32pm
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In the
past, I've been a bit sniffy about carbon calculators and have tended to
dismiss them, although if I'm honest it's been on principle rather than
first-hand experience. From what I've seen, they oversimplify an incredibly
complex issue and, as a colleague pointed out, shift the weight of
responsibility onto individuals when it should be an energy-efficient
government that leads the way.
But then I
came across mobGAS, a calculator produced by the European Commission's Joint
Research Centre which sits on your mobile phone and allows you to enter daily
updates about your energy consumption. Hurray, a new application for me to
fiddle with in a borderline obsessive-compulsive manner, and an excuse for a
broader look at carbon calculators in general.
