Revealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation
Exxonmobil has secretly fought climate science, and operated behind closed doors to water down green legislation.
Exxonmobil has secretly fought climate science, and operated behind closed doors to water down green legislation.
Leading the Global Climate and Energy Agenda: This week, some 2,500 CEOs, politicians, academics and journalists descend on the Swiss village of Davos for the 44th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. We’ll be posting video from the most interesting sci-tech events here in Forum. Related Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change By Coral Davenport,…
TranscriptPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you. (Cheers, applause.) Thank you, Georgetown! (Cheers, applause.) Thanks. Thank you so much. Now — thank you, Georgetown. Everybody please be seated.And my first announcement today is that you should all take off your jackets. (Laughter.) I’m going to do the same. We got — (cheers) — it’s not…
Cabot Institute Annual Lecture 2012 Real clothes for the Emperor: Facing the challenges of climate change Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University of Manchester Cabot Institute, University of Bristol http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot Real clothes for the emperor Facing the challenges of climate change Download the presentation slide sheets here.
By The Economist: MARKETS can misprice risk, as investors in subprime mortgages discovered in 2008. Several recent reports suggest that markets are now overlooking the risk of “unburnable carbon”. The share prices of oil, gas and coal companies depend in part on their reserves. The more fossil fuels a firm has underground, the more valuable…