The President of the United States did several things with his agreement today with China, India, and South Africa:

For centuries a monastic fortress in Bhutan's Himalayas has sheltered ancient Buddhist relics and scriptures from earthquakes, fires and Tibetan invasions. Now the lamas here may have met their match - global warming.At least 53 million cubic metres of glacier

Ministers of Energy from different African U-nion (AU) member countries have agreed to establish a continental oil fund that will boost the performance of the sector in Africa.In a meeting they held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia recently, the officials responsible

Expect the issue of water conservation to gain more interest in discussions of energy development — be it green, black or somewhere between.The arid West is likely become more arid with climate change, according to the world's top scientists, and

With the whole world clamouring for reduction in the burning of carbon in order to slow down the effects of global warming, Nigeria may soon be able to reduce its carbon emission by using ethanol fuel as substitute for kerosene.Boma

The shale gas story, which I summarize: "New drilling techniques and discoveries have vastly expanded the available recoverable natural gas, expanding reserves so much that we no longer have to worry about running out, and we will even be able

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has projected that a rise in India's gross domestic product (GDP) would lead to increased oil consumption next year. India oil demand was not affected by the economic crisis in 2009, and next

Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraq's soil, Iraqi officials said on Sunday."The Iranian forces have pulled back 50 metres from the well and

LONDON (Reuters) - Two European oil refiners have stopped buying Saudi Arabia's heaviest crude and are buying other grades after supplies were cut in line with OPEC output curbs last year, officials at the refiners said on Friday.Top oil exporter

Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --As I write these lines on the train from Amersfoot to Frankfurt, with white, fluffy snow as far as the eye can see, the world seems engrossed with the deliberations in Copenhagen,