Apparently the US laws covering oil exploration and production requires leaseholders for federally own oil to pay royalties on every drop of oil removed from the ground. This royalty is required, no matter what becomes of that oil, whether sold, spilled or destroyed. Unlike a brewer or tobacco producer that pays [...]
I continue on my listing of alternate meanings for BP, despite British Protests
British Protests
I have nothing wise or helpful to say on the BP oil blowout in the the Gulf of Mexico. So, i’m just going to list a bunch of nasty names that the letters BP stand for.
For anyone who didn’t watch 60 Minutes this last Sunday, I’ll explain why you should watch the video.
This morning, world climate leaders like U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and journalist Thomas Friedman, gathered in Copenhagen to answer questions submitted by viewers of YouTube Climate Debate Channel.
8890 people have submitted questions and you can see a map of people who submitted questions from all corners of our earth. I like the question;
Why is [...]
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Decision 1/CP.15
(Decision 1/CMP.5 in separate document)
Adoption of
The Copenhagen Agreement
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Conference of the Parties,
Pursuant to the Bali Road Map adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth session,
GHG Emissions.From dedicated scientists, governing bodies, media and everyday folks like us will be able to visualize how CHG emissions by industrialized nations.The map takes one through from global view down to individual country level, and also different CHGs like CO2, CH4 etc.One of the best visualization tools that I have seen a while.The informative [...]
