Indigenous peoples sue Ecuador govt, oil firms over spill

On April 7, 2 oil pipelines had spilled 15,000 barrels of crude oil into 2 of Ecuador's most important rivers

Bye-bye Pumpjack? Report says renewable energy to power geopolitics

The document by the International Renewable Energy Agency says the nations that focus on innovation and research related to renewable energy will …

No sharing or you'll be sued

For distributing a subscription trade newsletter among its staff, a US firm is fined heavily for copyright violations

Shell gets final Arctic drilling permits, but with conditions

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has issued “conditional approval” to the last two permits

Malaysia recovers palm oil sales

Malaysian palm exports to the US have increased dramatically after Malaysia retaliated against attempts to portray the product as being dangerous …

Tribals raise green issues in Nigerian polls

Clashes between the Ogoni tribals and the police over the laying of an oil pipeline have made ecological degradation a key issue in Nigeria's …

Coast Guard's oil clean-up bill: Rs 13 crore

The Indian Coast Guard has filed an initial multi-crore claim for its role in mopping up thousands of tonnes of oil spilt off Groat Nicobar …

Ethanol car project turns turtle

Proalcohol, the world's biggest project on alternative fuels to run cars is in danger of being wound up.

Proposed energy tax provokes debate in USA

Even as the Clinton administration seeks to phase in a tax on gas, oil, coal and nuclear energy, oil companies complain the levy will damage …

Energy analysis uncovers interesting trends

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'Values of our society lead to disaster'

In 1972, Dennis Meadows had co-authored the well-known report, Limits to Growth, along with Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers. Recently, the …

Corals in shells of death

The shores of the Andaman and Nicobar islands are losing their magnificent coral reefs because of heavy siltation caused by …

Raging rig

The inferno at the Oil and Natural Gas Commission's rig in Andhra Pradesh leaves India bawling for help

No more in the dark

European environmental authorities have now found a way to zero in on those who pollute the sea through oil spills

Pied pipeline

Construction of a new oil terminal and a pipeline to Russia might affect the Black Sea ecology

"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …

Drilling by ONGC stopped in Mizoram

Company flouts environmental laws. Oil spill kills fish

Public protests hold back growth of tar sands industry in Canada

Tar sands contain more carbon and toxic substances than conventional oil

Students' organisation says no to gas pipeline in northeast

Largesse with agenda

China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment — driven from the industry-rich Hunan region

Vulnerability of African countries and changing domestic needs of China leading to the shift

Palm oil plantations driving illegal logging in Indonesia

Report shows how corruption and lax enforcement by government is abetting illegal practices by well-connected business people

Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil

27 oil and three gas fields up for sale from July 28

Assam pollution control board seeks Baghjan shut down, OIL plans to move court

Watchdog cites damages to ecology, violations of environmental acts

Energy in news on June 5

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy