Forget oil

Create a culture that places a premium on human power

Coal a human history

Sri Lanka's edible oil units shut production

Sri Lanka floods Indian market with vanaspati

Pipped to the post

India loses Myanmar's natural gas to China, well almost

Decent burial?

Carbon sequestration plan in North Sea

Packaged and enriched

Sale of loose oil banned in Gujarat

BOGUS press brief?

Bloggers bust BP

Photograph>> Oil Spill • The US

Rain, frost damage acres of mustard crop sown this Rabi season

Fresh spells of rain were recorded on January 29 in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh

Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?

Climatic collapse — as we understand it in our world today — could have largely been avoided perhaps

How climate change is wreaking havoc on communities in Niger Delta

Locals vulnerable to recurring floods in Africa's largest oil producer; a non-profit is mapping these communities for early warning of flood …

X-Press Pearl disaster: Colombo’s coral reefs, marine wildlife in danger

The X-press Pearl disaster has already caused damage to Sri Lanka’s pristine beaches with millions of plastic pellets and debris. Now, …

The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

Legal case against Norway for allowing new oil exploration in the Arctic

The government’s decision could lead to the drilling of seven new exploratory wells in the Barents Sea in 2017

Climate, capital and conflict

The alternative to fossil-fuel based economy is being sought in free market instruments such as pollution permits, cap and trade, carbon tax and …

Project disaster

A natural gas pipeline which is expected to wind its way through a forest area in western Thailand could jeopardise 14 protected areas and the …

Companies for carbon sequestration undersea for more oil

India to adopt uniform licensing for gas, oil exploration

Policy proposed to bring uniformity in contractual provisions for exploration and production of all types of hydrocarbon resources, says minister …

NGT committee renders entire Baghjan oil field illegal

NGT-appointed Judge Katakey Committee recommends legal action against Oil India Ltd for violating various environmental as well as industrial …

A timely exposition on petroleum

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CHINA

KILLING SLICKS

Gas price

Will Pakistan's Kirthar National Park survive multinationals' gas exploration efforts?

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

A clogged river