Archive for the ‘energy’ Category
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Over the past few years, the world’s leading oil firms have attempted to cast themselves in a greener, more environmentally friendly light. BP, which used to stand for British Petroleum, dropped the dirty fuel from its title, rebranding itself as an acronym and running an expensive global advertising campaign which ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
More fabulous news about the price of oil in China. I previously noted that the Government of China was planning an emission tax to raise the cost of oil, while setting price caps to keep the cost of oil low. A cunning move which I awarded the coveted irony prize ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Barely a day passes without a story in the Western media about China’s environmental problems. From Beijing’s fume-clogged air, which was so bad last Friday that it forced the closure of a number of highways, to China’s toxic rivers and lakes, the overall picture is one of ecological meltdown. As ...
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