Basra, Iraq – On Monday, hundreds of Iraqis, led by the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU), took to the streets of Basra to demand that the Iraqi Parliament reject the proposed Oil Law. [1] Simultaneous demonstrations took place in...
The US Senate debated an energy bill yesterday that would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime. Democratic leaders in both the Senate and House...
An oil-industry spin doctor is probably not high on peoples’ list of trustworthy people. Probably ranking even lower than real estate agents, journalists and politicians. So you should always take what they say with a large does of salt….especially when...
No surprises here really. Anything that remotely threatens the interests of Exxon will be opposed. The oil dinosaur has done it so spectacularly on climate, and now it is coming out fighting against the new US energy bill. The proposed...
Growing numbers of people worldwide view environmental problems, pollution, nuclear proliferation and the widening gap between rich and poor as the most menacing threats facing the planet, according to a 47-nation survey published yesterday by the US-based Pew Global Attitudes...
European environment ministers have agreed to revise the EU's CO2 emissions-trading (ETS) scheme with the aim of clamping down on weak caps proposed by member states and ensuring that all significant emitters pay the right price for their pollution. Late...
Iraq will auction 15 oil and gas assets once the new controversial oil law is passed, a top oil ministry official has said. Fayadh Hassan Nima, the director-general at Iraq's Oil Ministry, said 'Iraq is preparing 15 fields and blocks...
President Bush has killed off any hope for a G8 climate plan by throwing international efforts to control climate change into complete confusion with a proposal to create a “new global framework” to curb greenhouse gas emissions as an alternative...
A coalition of relief and development agencies like Christian Aid and Tearfund will warn 600 delegates to the ‘UN 3rd World Conference on Disaster Reduction’ in Geneva today of the dangers of climate change. The agencies will warn delegates that...
Today, over 30 U.S. environmental, development and faith-based organizations sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat .pdf) calling on Members to support the End Oil Aid Act. "The U.S. can play a critical role in fighting our...
