The global biofuels sector has launched a ferocious attack on the Opec oil cartel by accusing it of deliberately "misleading" the public about who is responsible for soaring fuel prices. An open letter to Chakib Khelil, president of Opec, from
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilots union for US Airways said Wednesday the airline is pressuring pilots to use less fuel than they feel is safe in order to save money. US Airways Captain James Ray, a spokesman for the US
The rise in overt militarism and imperialism at the outset of the twenty-first century can plausibly be attributed largely to attempts by the dominant interests of the world economy to gain control over diminishing world oil supplies. Beginning in 1998
Public support for biofuels is costly and has little impact in cutting greenhouse gas emissions so governments would do better promoting lower energy consumption to fight climate change, the OECD said on Wednesday. Governments should also boost the so-called second
The US is to send a senior official to talks with Iran on Saturday, the highest level meeting between the two since the 1979 Iranian revolution and a departure from George Bush's previous hard line. William Burns, an undersecretary of
QANTAS will slash about 2000 jobs next week as the national carrier seeks to offset cost pressures caused by the crippling fuel crisis.The belt tightening also will include cutting loss-making flight routes from both domestic and international schedules. ...
Algae and nuts are among the alternative sources of fuel being considered by an increasingly skittish aviation industry as an alternative to petroleum, whose price rises threaten airlines with bankruptcy. With oil prices poised to break through the US$150 a
Of the 266 distinct nations or entities on the world today, nearly 100 are now reporting continuing energy shortages, mostly in the form of inadequate electricity supply, but in a growing number of cases, shortages of liquid fuels and natural
The Philippine Army, in a bid to curb rising fuel expenses, has instituted a carless day rule at its general headquarters (GHQ) in Fort Bonifacio, Makati City. During carless days, all Army personnel residing inside the camp - generals included
Forty years after dropping his Population Bomb into the environment debate, Paul Ehrlich is still railing at man's destructiveness In 1968, six years after Rachel Carson published Silent Spring - the book regarded as marking the beginning of modern environmental
The world’s cities are facing unprecedented problems. In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. Respiratory illnesses are rampant. In the United States, the number of hours commuters
According to a new study, global warming could lead to larger changes in snowmelt in the western United States than was previously thought, possibly increasing wildfire risk and creating new water management challenges for agriculture, ecosystems and urban populations. Researchers,
Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua in London on Wednesday and is expected to discuss ways to help Nigeria tackle lawlessness in its oil-producing Niger Delta. Below are answers to some questions about the
Aim high" is the current Air Force motto for most things — except fuel costs. That's why the service is taking the lead in saving fuel and finding alternate ways of doing its job, reaching out and touching people, harming
The US economic power horse is running out of ideas and cash as it jostles with a massive national debt, housing and financial crises, rising inflation, and a depreciating currency. ... As America struggles to avoid recession, the world economic
Matt Simmons, chief executive officer of Simmons & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar from Rockport, Maine, about the outlook for crude oil prices. Simmons is a former energy adviser to President George W. Bush....
