In an interview with The Independent, Dr Birol [of the IEA in Paris] said that the public and many governments appeared to be oblivious to the fact that the oil on which modern civilisation depends is running out far faster than previously predicted and t
Murray: CIA used Uzbek torture to create false intelligence; support for regime continues Craig Murray is a British political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and current Rector of the University of Dundee. The Real News Network
"a British political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and current Rector of the University of Dundee. While at the embassy in Tashkent, he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, a step which, he argued, was against the wishes
Counter Punch, September 9, 2009. "Richard W. Behan lives and writes on Lopez Island, off the northwest coast of Washington state. He has published on various websites over two dozen articles exposing and criticizing the criminal wars of the Bush Administ
Pandora's Box? "This is the quintessential Pandora's box moment - like the splitting of the atom or the cloning of Dolly the sheep. We will all have to deal with the fall-out from this alarming experiment," comments Jim Thomas of the ETC Group. "Synthetic
While BP’s shares recovered some ground to close 6.6% down — wiping another £5bn off the value of the group — investors were spooked after US Department of Justice officials reportedly said they were planning “to take action” to make sure BP had enough ca
BODO, Nigeria — by Adam Nossiter: "Big oil spills are no longer news in this vast, tropical land. The Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface, has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill
"Everything is dying," a woman said as the town hall meeting was finally coming to a close. "How can you honestly tell us that our Gulf is resilient and will bounce back? Because not one of you up here has a hint as to what is going to happen to our Gulf.
av Björn Lindahl, SvD "Det kinesiska oljebolaget PetroChina passerade i fjol Exxon och blev återigen det företag som har högst marknadsvärde i världen. Det är inte en ensam svala. Tre av de tio högst värderade företagen är kinesiska, ett tecken på maktski
Prinzipiell befürwortet Greenpeace Energy auch hocheffiziente Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungs-Anlagen (KWK), die Erdgas nutzen. Die Energiewende weg von Kohle und Atom funktioniert nur, wenn Gas-KWK die Lücke schließt, bis die Erneuerbaren die Versorgung vollständi
The U.S. administration's decision last month to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to potentially unstable Arab nations in the Gulf - including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain - have triggered fears of