The breaking news from Canada is that the Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper has been re-elected with an increased majority, although he has fallen some 10 to 12 votes short of an overall majority, something he desperately craved. Despite this,...
It could be the ultimate irony for millions of people who opposed the illegal war in Iraq – within months when they switch on their heating or their cooker, they could be burning Iraqi gas. Their homes could be heated...
Australia's opposition leader, Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd, who is the front-runner in this weekend's elections, has said that climate change is his top priority. In his last major address of the six-week campaign, Kevin Rudd accused Prime Minister John...
The news outlet, Agence France-Presse, reported today that dozens of Iraqis held a demonstration in central Baghdad against the proposed Oil Law which would open Iraq's oil and gas sector to U.S. and other foreign oil companies. The Oil Law...
Hugo Chavez has infuriated his critics by laying out the road map for moving his oil-rich nation to a socialist state, proposing a radical constitutional reform which could have at its centre indefinite re-election for himself. Addressing the National Assembly,...
BP has secured a $900m (£455m) gas exploration deal with Libya, in a sign of Tripoli’s transformation from pariah to attractive investment destination for UK and US companies. Tony Hayward, BP’s new chief executive, described the agreement as the group’s...
Just as the New York Times reports on billions in missing Iraqi Oil (see below), Hasan Jum'a Awwad, Head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, has urged Congress "not to link withdrawal with the oil law": Open Letter to:...
In a surprise move, Kurdish lawmakers have announced that they plan to oppose Iraq’s controversial US-backed oil law. Back in February, the Kurds had agreed to support the draft law, which has been heavily criticised as giving too much control...
A pair of recent articles from UPI correspondent Ben Lando, here and here, flesh out the details as to the importance of Iraq's oil unions and their long and storied past. The unions, which have been cut out of the...
The first week of the UN climate negotiations just wrapped up in Azerbaijan. Our team on the ground has been working hard to push back against industry spin and pressure rich countries to pay up. Here are the highlights.
