Will the bad news ever stop for BP? US federal investigators have now charged the beleaguered oil giant with “secretly and illegally” cornering a portion of the U.S. propane market – a move that drove up heating and cooking costs for millions of poor and rural Americans.
Day: June 29, 2006
More on Ethanol: The Answer to Oil or a Pipe Dream?
Good article in today’s Independent on ethanol, which answers the question is ethanol the answer to reducing our CO2 emissions? Mike McCarthy, the paper’s environment editor, replies “It would certainly seem so at first sight, not least because the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions are those from the transport sector, and it is in road … Read More
Waxman Introduces Safe Climate Bill
One person who believes he can rid America of its gas-guzzling ways is Rep. Henry Waxman who along with twelve of his House colleagues, has introduced the “Safe Climate Act of 2006.”
US Produces Nearly Half of Global Exhaust Fumes
OK so now it’s official. We all knew that Americans drove gas-guzzling polluting vehicles, but now the Environmental Defence Fund has calculated just how bad things are. And they are bad. Americans may only have 5% of the world’s population but they drive a third of its cars. However because Americans drive further in big … Read More