by oilwatch | Jul 1, 2013 | Global, Statement
Monday, 1st July 2013 To: Members of the European Parliament Brussels Dear Member of the European Parliament What MEPs should be debating instead of backloading As you prepare to vote again on the proposal to backload 900 million permits from the EU ETS, 42...
by oilwatch | Jun 29, 2013 | Africa, Global, News
Telegraphng Photos and news reports of dead whales washing up on the shores of Ghana in recent weeks raise very serious worries about the state of the marine environment there. If it were a question of one or two whales washing up, perhaps there would be no cause for...
by oilwatch | May 21, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, Publication
Brussels, May 21, 2013 Today, a global coalition of economists and activists release a 200p report on a variety of initiatives to leave “unburnable” fuels in the soil. The EU funded EJOLT network studied a range of campaigns and innovative proposals that...
by oilwatch | May 11, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, News, South Asia
Triplecrisis.com Joan Martinez Alier, Guest Blogger In May 2013, the international press has become alive to the fact thatthere is a lot of unburnable fossil fuels. “Unburnable” carbon hasbecome a buzz word in The Economist and in The New York Times. If...
by oilwatch | May 10, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, News, South Asia
ScienceBlogs Posted by Peter Gleick on May 10, 2013 The planet has passed a disturbing landmark, a marker on a continuing highway to climate disruption. On May 9th, the NOAA and the Mauna Loa observatory reported that atmospheric CO2 levels touched 400 parts per...
by oilwatch | Apr 22, 2013 | Global, Press Release, Statement
Oilwatch International
Statement on Rejecting California REDDEarth Day, April 22, 2013 Californians are renowned for being environmental savvy so we at Oilwatch International were dismayed to learn that the State of California may let
climate criminals like Shell and...
