The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt. The Virgin Atlantic...
Iraqi lawmakers across the political spectrum have criticized “overreaching” by Kurds, issuing a declaration yesterday opposing the self-ruled region's foreign oil deals. "There must be a formula for maintaining the unity of Iraq and the distribution of its wealth," said...
Biofuels have a limited ability to replace fossil fuels and should not be regarded as a "silver bullet" solution to reducing transport emissions, British scientists have warned. The report by Britain’s Royal Society warned that biofuels risk failing to deliver...
Every week there seems to be a new report on the potential downsides of biofuels. This week it is the turn of British MPs. UK and European governments should not have pursued targets to increase the use of biofuels without...
The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso is urging companies to treat the fight against climate change as a business opportunity and not a burden. His call comes ahead of Wednesday's unveiling in Brussels of tough new greenhouse...
Iraq has extended a deadline for international companies to register to bid for a role in developing some of the nation's prized oil fields, until February 18, the Oil Ministry has confirmed. Early this month, the Ministry had asked companies...
Shell’s two year tenure as sponsor of the London’s Natural History Museum’s “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” exhibition has come to an end. A determined, creative two year national campaign, coordinated in part by the direct action group Rising Tide...
Canada's Suncor Energy has said it will spend C$20.6 billion on an expansion scheme that will make it the biggest producer in the oil sands of northern Alberta. Suncor's board of directors gave the go-ahead for the Voyageur project, a...
Great analysis on the Bali conference from Charles Clover, the environment correspondent from the UK right-wing Telegraph, which we reprint in full: "As an exhibition of hypocrisy, the UN climate change conference in Bali takes some beating. The Indonesian President...
Platform, the oil industry watchdog, is today publishing a report that argues that Kazakhstan is missing out on up to $20bn of revenues over the next decade as a result of the problems at the vast Kashagan oilfield. Kazakhstan agreed...
