Archbishop Desmond Tutu, scholar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, makes a passionate call for G8 action on global warming in today's Huffington Post. "I can think of three billion reasons why President Bush should agree to take action on climate...
Oil giant Shell plans to increase investments in Russia despite losing control of the giant Sakhalin-2 project earlier this year. "If we see other opportunities for setting up offshore joint ventures, then we will look at them without a doubt,"...
The UN has joined the growing number of voices issuing concern over biofuels. In the most comprehensive survey yet completed of energy crops, it argues that the global rush to produce energy crops threatens to bring food shortages, increase poverty...
UPDATE 5/14 - the strike deadline has now been moved until Thursday May 17th. Take Action to Urge the US Congress to drop the Iraqi Oil Law "Benchmark" Oil Strike Postponed for Negotiations with Prime Minister Monday May 14th -...
Campaigners from "Hands Off Iraqi Oil" held a demonstration outside the Shell AGM in London yesterday highlighting the key role Shell has “played in preparing the ground for the rip off of Iraqi oil”. They were joined by a 'Hands...
BP has suffered its biggest shareholder protest for at least a decade in a snub that overshadowed an emotional send-off for Lord Browne in his final AGM in charge of BP. More than 17% of those BP investors who voted...
Environmental organizations today applauded Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) for introducing legislation that seeks to end subsidies for the international operations of oil companies. The “End Oil Aid” bill, introduced yesterday, calls on international financial institutions including the World Bank, Export...
Divisions over climate change threaten to derail next week’s set piece EU-US summit. The meeting, which will be hosted by George Bush and attended by Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was seen as an opportunity for Europe and the US to...
Four years ago this week, American tanks headed into Baghdad. At the time critics of the war said it was about oil. But those voices were dismissed. Then came Iraq's Oil Law which essentially hands control of much of its...
What a difference a few years makes. Last time he was on Capital Hill, Al Gore had to formally swear in George Bush who had just beaten him in the battle for the White House. Yesterday Gore returned to talk...
