Jury selection will begin this week in the trial of Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., a wealthy Texas oilman accused of conspiring to pay millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime to win contracts under the United Nations' oil-for-food...
Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Sydney agreed a climate deal at the week-end that includes an “aspirational” goal to restrain the rise of greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. The only problem is that although China and the US, two...
The Lebanese coastline remains heavily polluted from last year's Jiyyeh oil spill and cleaning efforts have not achieved the desired result, according to local NGOs. Their conclusions contrast sharply with reports by other NGOs and the United Nations Environment Program...
Russia has sparked an Arctic oil-rush by planting its flag on the ocean floor under the North Pole in a politically charged symbolic gesture to claim the rights to the sea bed which could be rich in oil and gas....
The British police showed their usual degree of heavy-handiness yesterday, when six people were injured and 14 arrested after clashes between police and climate change protesters near Heathrow airport. Skirmishes were still continuing last night and protests over the aviation...
The US Senate debated an energy bill yesterday that would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime. Democratic leaders in both the Senate and House...
The sugar in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low carbon fuel for cars, according to US scientists. The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ethanol. Critics say that...
Sunday's London Independent contains a fascinating little story entitled "Feelgood funding blocks eco-warriors". Apparently the UK's top grant giving institutions are more interested in funding conservation and species preservation, than they are in addressing systemic change to stop the root...
Tony Blair has insisted he could persuade President Bush to agree to a global target for a "substantial cut" in greenhouse gases within a framework sanctioned by the United Nations. In an interview with the Guardian on the eve of...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is preparing for a massive clean up operation of oil spills in the Niger Delta, including in Ogoni. UNEP’s Country Director, Turhan Saleh said the clean up work would be the most challenging task...
