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Its a very busy fall for us here at Oil Change International. As our concern over both the war and global warming is growing, we're putting a lot of effort into manifesting that concern into protest. The connection between protest...

Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton says it has acquired a 40% interest in 14 offshore exploration and production licenses in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. The 14 production licenses cover approximately 18 million acres located in water depths...

And so the debate about Iraq’s oil wrangles on. The New York Times reports that a senior US State Department official in Baghdad has said the first American oil contract in Iraq - that of the Hunt Oil Company of...

The International Energy Agency's has forecast lower-than-expected demand for oil next year by about 160,000 barrels, citing slower economic growth in the US and Europe. It predicted demand of 88.02m barrels a day next year, down from the 88.16m it...

EU plans to include aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will have minimal effect without a major rise in carbon prices, according to a new scientific study. "We delude ourselves if we believe the proposed framing of the EU...

Iraq's parliament must overcome major disagreements before it can pass Iraq’s controversial oil law, Iraqi officials have admitted. Abdul-Hadi al-Hasani, deputy head of Iraq's parliamentary energy committee, said the new rules would pass before the end of the year --...

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives wants to spend almost $7bn in the coming year to reduce the nation's enormous carbon footprint, reports the Independent. This has put it on a collision course with the White House, which still remains in...

The Arctic rush is well and truly on. Hot on the heels of Russia and Canada, Denmark has now started a new polar expedition to explore the region. The aim is to gather data showing whether there is a basis...

Hugo Chavez has infuriated his critics by laying out the road map for moving his oil-rich nation to a socialist state, proposing a radical constitutional reform which could have at its centre indefinite re-election for himself. Addressing the National Assembly,...

It might be considered an unlikely alliance, but Australian farmers and green groups have united in the fight against global warming. They are launching a group called the Agricultural Alliance, which aims to significantly reduce emissions by up to 60...