Iraq's parliament must overcome major disagreements before it can pass Iraq’s controversial oil law, Iraqi officials have admitted. Abdul-Hadi al-Hasani, deputy head of Iraq's parliamentary energy committee, said the new rules would pass before the end of the year --...
A US federal judge has dismissed a case brought by California against six leading carmakers over damage caused by the emissions of CO2 from cars. The legal action, the first of its kind, demanded millions of dollars in compensation from...
The shop around the corner raised the price of sandwiches by a quarter this week. Although the housing meltdown is raising concerns that it may take the whole American economy down with it, prices are going up and the reason...
We know that the Bush administration has consistently tried to water down policy documents on climate change, both home and abroad. Now there is evidence that the White House's pointman at the bank, the now disgraced Paul Wolfowitz, personally intervened...
On the eve of the Live Earth concerts this weekend, Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing the sons of the first two men to climb Everest, have said the mountain is now so ravaged by climate change that they would no...
OPEC-member Kuwait has reconfirmed that its oil reserves are 100 billion barrels, disputing a report that the figure was around half that amount. "We confirm that Kuwait's oil reserves are 100 billion barrels," acting oil minister Mohammad al-Olaim told reporters...
Even after spending $2.7 billion in U.S. reconstruction funds, Iraq's oil sector has failed to achieve any of the goals to boost production, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. Indeed, the highest production levels were reached...
Interesting story in today’s Independent about events in Brandywine Street, a suburb of Washington DC, which the paper argues is “now on the frontline of America's fractious debate about climate change.” It reports: “Early on Monday morning, two masked men...
China's oil giants are currently vying for a leading position in the development of bio-fuels. China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation - the country's third largest oil company, will strengthen its alternative energy development activities by establishing a bio-diesel refining facility...
For months there have been consistent rumours of a concerted air industry fight back over climate change, especially in the UK, where airlines and climate has become the latest environmental battle-ground. A new front group, Flying Matters, has been formed...
