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On the eve of the Live Earth concerts this weekend, Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing the sons of the first two men to climb Everest, have said the mountain is now so ravaged by climate change that they would no...

Shell and Exxon’s UK subsidiary Esso have put up their selected assets in the UK North Sea for sale, following depletion in reserves, high costs and obsolete facilities. The companies have also entered into exclusive negotiations with UK oil company...

The day after being attacked by Tony Blair for its reporting, the Independent newspaper once again leads on a story of huge importance. The paper looks at how leading scientists have criticized BP’s Annual Review of the world's remaining oil...

The Guardian reports this morning that armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of the biofuel, palm oil. Surging demand for palm oil has prompted rightwing paramilitaries to seize swaths of territory,...

A new report by oil-watchdog PLATFORM investigates how one of Britain’s biggest banks is fuelling climate change. The report 'The Oil & Gas Bank - RBS & the Financing of Climate Change' investigates RBS-NatWest's role in fuelling climate change, forcing...

Greenpeace has posted a leaked copy of the Bush Administration's comments on the draft climate change document that is being negotiated in the run-up to the G8 meeting in Germany. The document needs to be seen to be believed. The...

Still don’t believe in climate change? Well talk to Britain’s butterfly experts who are astounded that at least 11 species of butterfly have made their earliest recorded appearances after Britain’s warmest spring on record. Of Britain’s 59 resident and regular...

Yet another CEO of a major oil company has announced the arrival of peak oil. Jim Buckee, head of Talisman Energy Inc., said in a speech last week that global oil production has peaked and will soon start declining. "I...

He may be on borrowed time as a Prime Minister, and about to undertake his last visit to the US, but The Guardian reports today how “Tony Blair believes he is close to persuading George Bush to accept an ambitious...

UPDATE 5/14 - the strike deadline has now been moved until Thursday May 17th. Take Action to Urge the US Congress to drop the Iraqi Oil Law "Benchmark" Oil Strike Postponed for Negotiations with Prime Minister Monday May 14th -...