Its April Fool’s Day, and Congress is giving us a chance to have some fun while taking a serious look at the impact of Big Oil. Oil Change International will be watching the hearing closely, and we hope you can watch it with us!
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), who chairs the Energy Independence and [...]

Top climate negotiators from more than 160 nations launched a new round of talks in Bangkok today aimed at setting out what is meant to be the most ambitious treaty yet for battling global warming.
Opening the five-day meeting with a video message, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged countries to work together to find a [...]

It’s the race for the ultimate ecological accolade. Four countries are competing to be the first of the world’s 195 nations to go entirely carbon neutral.
Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Costa Rica have formally signed up to go zero carbon, although each faces huge challenges.

Give a politician a minute and they will wriggle out of a supposedly steadfast commitment. Britain is seeking to change the rules governing renewable energy targets to make it easier for the UK to fulfil its commitment to promote clean energy.
At present, only 3% of the UK’s power comes from renewable energy, but government ministers [...]

As the price of oil futures surged yesterday as investors worried about Iraqi oil output after a key pipeline was bombed near Basra, with impeccable timing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez once again took a diplomatic swipe at his old enemy the US.
Chavez argued that the American invasion of Iraq is partly to blame for rising [...]