A Canadian oil-field worker has been stunned to get a C$85,000 cell phone bill.
Piotr Staniaszek, a 22-year-old oil and gas well tester in rural northwest Alberta, has become an international media star after his father went to the press to complain about the size of his son’s bill.
Staniaszek’s father said his son thought he could […]

Oh the irony. Airlines stand to make billions of pounds in “windfall profits” from an emissions trading scheme that was supposed to make them pay for the environmental damage they cause.
A UK government report argues the airlines will take advantage of the scheme to raise fares substantially, even though their costs will hardly change.

And its Happy Xmas to Big Coal too. Britain plans to build eight new coal power stations as part of the country’s efforts to address its looming energy crisis.
Although it is an early Christmas present to Big Coal, it will completely undermine the Bali agreement on climate change and discredit Britain’s efforts to […]

All spin aside, you have to say this was a bad last few days for the planet. The week started off well in Oslo, but then we get the terrifying news that the Arctic might be sea ice free by 2013.
Next, the US Congress backs down from taking away oil industry subsidies and requiring utilities […]

What a surprise. Same conference, different day, same story, and same villain. Heard it all before? Yes. The US stands accused of trying to derail the Bali talks. Again.
With just one day left of the 14-day talks between representatives from more than 180 countries in Bali, it looks increasingly likely that no agreement will be […]