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 Project.
The US comes in for sharp criticism. “Global distrust of American leadership is reflected in […]

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 reform of US energy policy passing through Congress “almost defies any sense of logical or rational […]

BP has joined forces with food giant, Associated British Foods, to build a £200m biofuels plant to meet the growing demand, but the move has triggered fears about its inteinsive farming and its effect on wildlife.
The plant in the North East of England will need hundreds of thousands of acres of land set aside for […]

Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips have decided to abandon their heavy crude oil projects in eastern Venezuela rather than cede majority ownership and operating control to the government.
Yesterday was the deadline set by President Hugo Chavez for the six foreign owners of four mega-projects in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt region to agree to terms of turning over […]

Will Nicolas Robin of Brussels-based lobbying firm Cabinet Stewart become ‘European consultant of the year’ when the winners of the “Public Affairs News Awards” are announced on 5 July?
Mr. Robin has been nominated for his work for the International Council for Capital Formation (ICCF), a subsidiary of the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF).