The American West is heating up faster than any other region of the United States, and more than the Earth as a whole, according to a new analysis of 50 scientific studies.
For the last five years, from 2003 through 2007, the global climate averaged 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than its 20th century average. [...]

The Russian government will double state spending on oil exploration to 2020 to $23 billion with the focus on oil in eastern Siberia to ensure a “good” replenishment of reserves, the country’s Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev said yesterday.
Trutnev told reporters that the Cabinet had approved his proposal to increase state spending on mineral resources [...]

There is something absurdly ironic when climate change caused by the oil industry leads to the melting of ice, which in turn leads to more land or sea being available to explore for oil and gas.
The latest country to be affected is Greenland, where oil companies have begun looking for crude deposits off the west [...]

Another day and another warning about biofuels.
The world must take care when developing biofuels to avoid perverse environmental effects and higher food prices, Nobel Peace Prize winner and chair of the IPPC, Rajendra Pachauri said yesterday.

The fighting in Basra could soon affect Iraq’s oil supplies. Oil production and exports from Iraq’s southern oilfields could be disrupted in three days if workers cannot reach their offices due to fighting in Basra.
“If the military operations continue for three more days, the oil workers will not be able to continue their work and [...]