So Gustav has effectively gone. The hurricane that struck the U.S on Monday was less fierce than expected and largely spared New Orleans and Louisiana, although the cost of cleanup could still be $10 billion. But there may not be...
The clock is ticking. And is getting faster. We are entering the most serious global crisis since the Great Depression, at the same time as we face unprecedented climate change. Such is the need for urgent action that we only...
After a meeting today of the G8 and leading developing countries, the two groups finally said they shared a “joint vision” for action on climate change. But the statement made no mention of any specific target for cutting emissions, and...
As oil creeps towards an unprecedented $150 a barrel the Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora has denied that India and China were responsible for the recent oil rise. Deori said that the growth in consumption in India...
For a man whose ties to the oil industry are legendary, it came as a surprise that Bush once said that America had to break its oil addiction. Like an ailing addict who has tried but failed to beat his...
“We’re not running out of hydrocarbons,” insists Tony Hayward, the baby-faced boss of global oil giant BP. To back up this view, he cites various comforting figures from the latest edition of the firm’s “Statistical Review of World Energy”, released...
A survey by a major PR company, Fleishman-Hillard into how Americans and Canadians reconciled the need for new oil supplies against environmental concerns, has come up with some interesting facts: Despite the furore over oil sands, it found that less...
Saudi Arabia says it will call a summit of oil producers and consumers in an effort to stem the surge in the price of oil. The world's biggest producer said recent rises, including the record $10 leap on Friday, were...
Happy Environment Day, story number three. The record oil price could cause a second oil boom in the North Sea. The popular view is that the UK's share of the North Sea is in decline, with energy reserves diminishing rapidly...
Climate change experts from around the world will get their first chance this week to discuss the nuts and bolts of the new global warming agreement designed to take effect after 2012, that was hammered out in Bali last December....
