The US government agency responsible for compiling the country's list of endangered species yesterday faced a new legal challenge over its failure to protect the polar bear. Environmental groups are suing the Bush administration in a federal court in California,...
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Sharistani said Iraq intends to almost double its oil production over the next two years per day from 2 million bpd to 4.5 million bpd within two years'. He said the goal will be reached thanks...
Major commercial fish stocks around the world could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, according to the UN. "You overlay all of this and you are potentially putting a death nail in the coffin...
Remember when we used to talk about how the war in Iraq was about oil? Remember the banners that read "No blood for oil?" Oil has fallen out of the discussion lately, but it's time to bring it back in...
Finally, some fifty years too late. Nigeria has said that oil companies should be obliged to pay compensation for degradation resulting from their exploration and production activities particularly in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. "The companies have an obligation beyond...
For a year now, Hashmeya Hussein has risked her life to oppose the Iraq Oil Law. Hashmeya is an Iraqi, a mother, a labor union leader, and a vocal opponent of the US attempt to privatize Iraq’s oil fields. Hashmeya...
Several green groups have sued Shell Oil and its affiliates, claiming the oil giant has for years released pollutants from its suburban Houston refinery that are well above state and federal limits. In their federal lawsuit, the Sierra Club and...
Yesterday the Bush Administration delayed a decisive decision as to whether to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. The feeling is that political meddling and its recent rush to sell oil leases in Arctic waters are behind...
Interesting post by Cathy Duvall, the Sierra Club Political Director on Huffington Post about the importance of climate change in the New Hampshire primaries. Cathy writes: “The media may not be paying close attention, but in New Hampshire it's easy...
Nigeria is to invest $75 billion over the next five years in the oil and gas sector through joint venture partnership with oil companies and third party investment. Minister of State for Petroleum, Odein Ajumogobia made this known in Saudi...
