Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Green Assembly
TOKYO – Reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures produced by oil companies and Nigerian state statistics than on community testimony and organizations on the ground who work with communities, has outraged NGO Friends of the Earth.
After releasing some information last week about [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Green Assembly
ATTITUDES shown at Copenhagen by the world’s major per capita polluters namely the USA, Australia and China, demonstrated that the core thinking has barely changed since Kyoto 20 years ago.
Sure, the presentation is smoother, the denial less strident, and the opposition to change less aggressive; but behind the scenes it is clear that big [...]
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Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Green Assembly
THE price of a barrel of oil has gone from US$11 in 1970 to US$140 today. If the price continues to increase at the same rate, we will be paying US$1,778 per barrel by the year 2046. Meanwhile, a spokesman for OPEC said on TV last night that demand for oil will increase by 50 [...]
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