Posts tagged ‘Shell’

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:57:42 GMT

Battle of Surviving Climate Change in Kenya - Onislam.net


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Battle of Surviving Climate Change in Kenya
Onislam.net
These are some of the climate change related impacts being felt in various parts of the world. Dr. Andrew Newsham, Research Fellow, Climate Change Team, Institute of Development Studies says climate change could be disastrous for the environment, ...

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:28:03 GMT

The Cook: A Celebrated Chef Preaches Sustainability - NJ TODAY


The Cook: A Celebrated Chef Preaches Sustainability
NJ TODAY
Washington, DC's Barton Seaver is pushing boundaries in the kitchen, urging restaurants to use menu choice to help sustain diversity – and connect the dots – in a changing climate. Editor's note: Climate Query is a semi-weekly feature offered by Daily ...

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:41:32 GMT

Can This Ice Melt? - Kashmir Life


Can This Ice Melt?
Kashmir Life
Its report said the Indus is “extremely sensitive to climate change” as glaciers feed its 80 percent discharge. More water in dry, warm years and less water in cool years” could hit the livelihood and threaten the food security of a host of population ...

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:54:35 GMT

CMS shale gas update – UK, Algeria, USA, Poland, Canada, China and Ukraine - Lexology (registration)


CMS shale gas update – UK, Algeria, USA, Poland, Canada, China and Ukraine
Lexology (registration)
On 17 April 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published an independent expert's report recommending measures to mitigate the risks of seismic tremors from hydraulic fracturing - and is inviting public comment on its recommendations.

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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:24:00 -0700

RDS: 1st Q 2012 Unaudited Results

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --- Royal Dutch Shell's (RDS-A) (RDS-B) first quarter 2012 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 1), were $7.7 ... Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:32:26 -0700

Preparing for the big one

A recent survey of how people are most likely to die rated asteroid impacts pretty low—something like 1 in 100,000. That’s statistically about the same probability as death by lightning or a tsunami. But there’s an obvious flaw in this predictive comparison. Lightning kills one person at a time about sixty times per year. Asteroid impacts, by contrast, probably haven’t killed anyone in thousands ... Read more

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:11:33 GMT

Trading places? - chinadialogue


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Trading places?
chinadialogue
The European Union (EU) has long seen itself in the vanguard of action on climate change. At the centre of its climate policy is the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). Covering around half of the EU's emissions of CO2, it is designed to put a price on ...

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Tue, 08 May 2012 21:19:58 GMT

Climate Change Threatens Crucial Marine Algae - Reuters AlertNet


Climate Change Threatens Crucial Marine Algae
Reuters AlertNet
Previous experiments in labs like Riebesell's found that diatoms actually did better in high-acid seawater, unlike most other shell-forming plankton. Burning fossil fuels has made the oceans about 30 percent more acidic researchers discovered less than ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 17:57:42 GMT

Battle of Surviving Climate Change in Kenya - Onislam.net


Onislam.net

Battle of Surviving Climate Change in Kenya
Onislam.net
These are some of the climate change related impacts being felt in various parts of the world. Dr. Andrew Newsham, Research Fellow, Climate Change Team, Institute of Development Studies says climate change could be disastrous for the environment, ...

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Sat, 19 May 2012 10:00:56 GMT

Mangrove reforestation - Business Mirror


Business Mirror

Mangrove reforestation
Business Mirror
“Today, we will join hands…not only to plant mangroves but also generate media awareness on the values of mangrove in relation to biodiversity conservation and climate-change mitigation, as well as offer practical actions that can be implemented to ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 03:17:12 GMT

More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling - Care2.com (blog)


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More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling
Care2.com (blog)
Petitions with more than a million signatures were delivered by citizens, Alaska residents and environmental leaders to the White House, where citizens gathered to ask the president to stop Shell Oil from drilling this summer.
How two vastly different men helped change the Alaska ArcticAlaska Dispatch

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Sat, 19 May 2012 05:40:04 GMT

Big summit and big protest ready for launch - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Big summit and big protest ready for launch
Chicago Tribune
On Friday, demonstrators vented their frustration over the continuing war in Afghanistan, but many also ticked off other concerns or demands: Iraq, climate change, health care reform, free speech, green jobs, taxing Wall Street, increasing subsidies ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 20:23:03 GMT

More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling - eNews Park Forest


More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling
eNews Park Forest
... adding to climate change — both of which threaten to destroy the Arctic forever,” said Sakashita. The Center and allies have lawsuits pending challenging the government's approval of Shell's exploration plans and lease sales for Arctic drilling.

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Fri, 11 May 2012 00:57:55 GMT

Norway aims for carbon leadership - BBC News


BBC News

Norway aims for carbon leadership
BBC News
They hope the knowledge gleaned here can take the technology where it needs to be in order to make a meaningful contribution to tackling climate change - and according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), it should making as big a contribution as ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 21:55:19 GMT

America's Future Under 'Drill, Baby, Drill' - Center For American Progress


Center For American Progress

America's Future Under 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
Center For American Progress
Not to mention that our relentless inaction on climate change mitigation and adaptation has left every state's communities, local economies, and natural resources at risk. Things could have been different if, back in 2012, we had not made far-reaching ...

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Mon, 07 May 2012 16:14:23 GMT

Shell executive: We must reform the Emissions Trading System - EurActiv


EurActiv

Shell executive: We must reform the Emissions Trading System
EurActiv
Are there any UK government actions like tax concessions or feed in tariffs that might change the macro-economic picture on which you based your decision? There is a considerable amount of conversation taking place at the moment under the electricity ...

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Wed, 02 May 2012 10:15:00 -0700

World's Most Fuel-Efficient Couple Shares Ways to Stretch Fuel Consumption and Save Money

HOUSTON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the summer driving season fast approaching and many Americans contemplating hitting the road, Shell teamed up with John and Helen Taylor, known as the world's ... Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 06:40:52 -0700

Fuel for the Fire

The price of oil is inexorably on the ascent. Projections show that the coming years will bring spikes in oil and gasoline costs that will strain household budgets and kneecap economic growth. Also on the rise are fossil-fuel emissions, spewed daily from cars, power plants, and factories—all of which scientists say are leading to a warming planet, rising sea levels, increased flooding, longer ... Read more

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:01:00 -0700

Analysis: Political shift will make or break Rio+20 summit

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The shifting sands of geopolitics, marked by rapid growth of big, emerging economies such as Brazil and China while traditionally rich countries fall behind, could undermine progress to define sustainable development goals at a United Nations conference next month. New divisions between old allies are adding to familiar disputes over finance and responsibility as ... Read more

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:02:00 -0700

Recommended Cash Offer by Shell for Cove Energy

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --- NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD ... Read more

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:03:51 -0700

War Over Natural Gas About to Escalate

The rocky relationship between one of the world’s most influential environmental groups and the natural-gas industry is headed toward full-scale combat. Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:19:13 -0700

'Broken Earth Day': Connecting Climate Change to Wild Weather

In New Mexico, firefighters stand in the remains of the Santa Fe Forest, which was burned last summer during the state’s worst wildfire in history. In Pakistan, a group of women hold dots in front of the makeshift shelter that became their home after the devastating floods in 2010 that displaced over 20 million people. In Lebanon, over 1,000 students made their dots the wheels of a giant bicycle ... Read more

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:17:15 -0700

TED: Even more elitist than we thought

A censored talk about inequality causes controversy -- and proves that the conference has some curious values Read more

Wed, 02 May 2012 13:39:25 -0700

Abbott's energy end point

With Coalition governments controlling three of Australia's largest electricity-consuming regions, Tony Abbott must now deliver an energy policy to deal with the 'fuel poverty' that is about to hit the eastern states. 3 May 2012 6:27 AM Read more

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:23:30 -0700

Political shift will make or break Rio+20 summit

WASHINGTON/LONDON - The shifting sands of geopolitics, marked by rapid growth of big, emerging economies such as Brazil and China while traditionally rich countries fall behind, could undermine progress to define sustainable development goals at a United Nations conference next month. Read more

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:21:13 -0700

What should be the biggest

In reply to The Stench In Gillard's Labor : What should be the biggest stench in Australian politics and THE issue in Australia rather than the allegations against MPs Thomson and Slipper (what about other MPs and their associates?) is not even reported by Mainstream media and that it is the horrendous human cost of Australia-supported and variously Australia-complicit US Alliance wars and ... Read more