Whatever happened to the clean-up of politics that was promised by the Obama Administration. Didn’t he promise to rid Washington of the secretive, sleazy and all encompassing world of lobbying? Well if he did, he failed. The lobbyists are busier...
Tomorrow is the Shell AGM: the show case of the company’s year. Shell will be under fire from investors over corporate pay, but its record in Nigeria should be the real reason the company is in the spotlight. In the...
Next week there is another crucial American election. OK – its not as important as the one ten days ago, but the outcome will have a huge bearing on Obama’s plans for energy, climate change, and how he tackles America's...
It reads like something from a sordid novel rather than the government’s dealings with the oil industry. But an extensive investigation has found an extraordinary cozy relationship between the government and the industry. Officials in charge of collecting billions of...
The long wait may finally be over to claim the last great prize left for the oil industry. But not, importantly, how the oil industry, or the Bush administration wanted it to. Some 36 years after losing their oil concession...
Iraq's Oil Ministry has approved 35 companies it will allow to bid for soon-to-be announced tenders to develop oil and gas fields. The largest oil companies in the world -- ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Conoco Phillips, Chevron -- all qualified, as...
On February 23, dozens of solidarity actions were held across the US and UK to support the Iraqi people in their resistance of an oil law that would give unprecedented control to foreign oil companies. In Washington, Oil Change International...
In the US, Democrats have unveiled a new wide-ranging, $17.5 billion renewable energy and building-efficiency bill even though Republicans have repeatedly blocked their efforts in the Senate. In renewing their push, Democrats are relying on the same financing plan that...
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart is to ask its suppliers to measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions in the biggest move to disclose emissions from businesses.Few companies disclose their emissions, making it difficult to judge which are ‘clean’ and...
As the government of Iraqi Kurdistan reiterates that the oil deals it has signed with foreign companies this year are legal and says most of the returns would be shared with the rest of Iraq, the New York Times wades...
