Grease Monkeys: Exxon’s Slick Contribution to Renewable Energy - Environmental Capital - WSJ

In its latest financial and operating review (huge pdf), Exxon boasts that its suite of specialty lubricants such as Mobilgear and Mobil SHC Grease are specially-engineered to make wind turbines run better. “Approximately 60% of gear-driven wind turbines manufactured around the world are filled with Mobil Industrial Lubricants,” the company says.

Guy who claims fossil fuels are destroying his home takes long fossil-fueled trip

An Eskimo whose home town has been hit by global warming will make his first trip overseas to be the guest of honour at a documentary film festival in Oxford.

Enoch Adams is one of 400 Alaskan Inupiats from the island of Kivalina, who have started legal action against 24 electricity and coal companies, accusing them of contributing to the global warming which is melting their home.

Kivalina, Alaska (99750) Current Conditions: April 2, 2009

Windchill: -19 °F / -29 °C