(Bali, Dec. 16) A day after the dramatic ending of the Bali climate talks, many are wondering if the result was indeed best outcome possible given the circumstances.
The US was brought back to the fold, but at the cost of excising from the final document–the so-called Bali Roadmap–any reference to the need for a 25 […]

Kenny Bruno explains why “Just Hang in there 13 more months” was the unoffiical motto of the Bali conference on climate change.
Despite a last minute dramatic confrontation, the recent Climate Convention meeting in Bali, touted as “the most important climate meeting in 10 years,” turned out to be business as usual. First, most […]

It’s a political row that has been going on for months. Tomorrow the European Commission is due to publish its long-awaited plans to reduce carbon emissions from passenger cars to 120 grams per kilometre within five years.
But a bitter fallout between France and Germany has plunged the key negotiations into crisis. French manufacturers such as […]

MEND - the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta – released a statement yesterday that said all “genuine” militant groups should come together and cripple the Nigerian oil industry “once and for all.”
Nigerian officials have not commented on the statement, which was e-mailed to journalists. MEND and other groups in the Niger […]

Are the Iraqis gearing up for a major oil export drive? They have just launched their first new ship in 27 years and delivery of two more tankers is expected within three months.
The Dijlah — the name for the Tigris River in Arabic — was inaugurated in the southern port city of Basra on […]