Talk about sending mixed messages to the Copenhagen talks. Yesterday, Steve blogged about how one Obama government agency - the Import -Export Bank had approved $3 billion for an Exxon gas project. The move was a clear sop to the...
It’s that time of year again. It’s January, snow is on the ground (and no that doesn’t mean that climate change is not happening), it’s freezing outside and ... Russia is having an energy dispute with its neighbours. Somethings never...
A shocking new analysis by the respected Earth Policy Institute has revealed that over a quarter of the total US grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year. The figure has tripled since 2004. Because the US...
Timed with perfection to undermine the meeting between Canada’s Premier Stephen Harper and Barack Obama, Greenpeace has issued a new report labelling Canada as a “climate change bully” that is doing everything in its power to undermine a new agreement...
According to a leaked letter, the Obama Administration is set to propose ending fossil fuel subsidies next week at the Pittsburgh G20. The letter, authored by Michael Froman who is an Obama advisor on international economic affairs, calls on the...
We are used to talking about the oil majors like Shell being in the spotlight over African oil exploration. But a smaller player is making the headlines, with a soaring share price and two African discoveries in a week: one...
Sometimes a story grows legs, other times it hits the dust. But yesterday’s front page story in the Independent about negotiations to end oil trading in dollars seems to have hit a raw nerve and sent shock-waves through the currency...
As Iran continues to grab the headlines coming out of the Middle East, the Obama Administration is said to be quietly pushing Israel to soften its stance on Gaza to relax its vice-like grip on the border crossings, in order...
Flush from his “successful” summit at the G20, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now preparing for his next test: his budget in two weeks times. His room for manoeuvre is limited with the pot of money largely seen as...
Most people across the spectrum of the energy industry – from its critics to its most ardent supporters - believe that the days of easy oil are really over. Apart from the abundant deposits in the Middle East, which are...
