Britain should have a Cabinet rank climate change minister and a powerful new coordinating body to manage its somewhat haphazard and conflicting climate policies, an influential parliamentary committee has concluded. The Environmental Audit Committee said the government's climate change rhetoric...
A year-long investigation by the US Department of Interior’s chief independent investigator has found that its program to collect billions of dollars from oil companies that drill on federal lands is troubled by mismanagement, ethical lapses and fears of retaliation...
BP has launched a search for a new chairman in a move that will draw a line under the turmoil that has engulfed the British oil giant for two years. BP, which has a market value of £107 billion, has...
It may be bloody on the streets of Burma, but its business as usual for the oil industry. While Burma's military junta cracks down on pro-democracy protests, oil companies are quietly jostling for access to the country's largely untapped natural...
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has announced that Ecuador will keep 99 percent of windfall oil profits, changing a law that called for a 50-50 share with foreign oil companies of profits stemming from rising oil prices. By a new...
Just days after American company Hunt Oil agreed a deal to explore in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the deal has run into trouble. At the weekend, the Dallas oil company, with its close White House ties, became the largest...
The Anchorage Daily News reports how, when oil giant Shell ran into problems recently securing federal air pollution permits needed to launch its controversial offshore drilling campaign for this summer, the company went to the state’s top pollution regulator for...
BP may have changed leadership, but its old habits continue. The company BP has said that its US division will contest the latest safety citations and a fine imposed by federal regulators over hazardous conditions at the company's Texas City...
The Fourth of July was cool and rainy in Vermont, as it seems to be with surprising regularity. I suppose that’s why my town sets off its fireworks on the evening of July 3rd, which was perfect for pyrotechnics this...
Although retail giant, Wal-Mart has reclaimed the top spot on the latest Fortune Global 500 list from Exxon, Big Oil dominates the top ten. Exxon is number two on the list, Shell is at three, BP at four, Chevron is...
