Indonesia – the host country for the UN climate talks - has hit out at developed countries for presenting "empty propaganda" during the talks and stalling proposals to pay to protect the world's forests. The head of the Indonesian delegation,...
The oil and gas industry will need as much as $21.4 trillion in capital expenditures between now and 2030 to meet sharply growing global demand for hydrocarbons forecast by experts, according to analysts. Larry G. Chorn, the chief economist for...
Anyone in DC today, please get involved in the No War No Warming day of direct action to protest against war and global warming. The purpose of today’s action is simple. It is to hold Congress accountable by taking over...
BP yesterday accepted blame for failures to protect employees, the environment and consumers as it agreed to hand over a total of $373m to settle a string of criminal investigations into its conduct across America. In an effort to put...
China has acknowledged an alarming rise in birth defects, amid concern that heavy pollution is damaging the country’s children. Babies born with conditions such as cleft palates and extra fingers and toes now account for up to 6 per cent...
In the late winter of 2006, the citizens of Burlington, Vermont prepared to elect one of five candidates to a three-year term for an open mayor’s seat. At one forum, a citizen stood up and asked, “Within the next mayoral...
As Exxon bemoans that it can’t find enough oil, Saudi Arabia is crowing how much of it there is about. Saudi Aramco President Abdullah S. Jum'ah told the World Energy Congress that liquid energy resources are far bigger than expected,...
Poor old Condi, being sent to bat for the President again. Yesterday the poor US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, had to defend Bush's climate change conference in Washington against accusations that it was a spoiler intended to undermine UN...
Although Hurricane Dean may be weakened, it is still battering evacuated oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche in the heart of Mexico's energy industry. Although weakened from its overland journey, Dean has moved over the Bay of Campeche, home...
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives wants to spend almost $7bn in the coming year to reduce the nation's enormous carbon footprint, reports the Independent. This has put it on a collision course with the White House, which still remains in...
