Expect to see fewer ships coming into Halifax from across the Atlantic Ocean as the price of fuel skyrockets, says Jeff Rubin, a former chief economist at CIBC World Markets."Between the first and second OPEC oil shock, which was a

Not only are the current oil prices, hovering between $65 and $80 per barrel, sustainable in the short-term, going by the recent developments they could touch $100 in the longer term, according to analysts."Long-term prospects look a lot different, with

The electricity had been cut off and it was dark in the house, so her young daughter didn't realize that the lid was down on the toilet seat around 3 a.m. last Friday."She's in there cleaning up urine and she

With climate talks starting in Copenhagen next month, many countries are eager to report advancements in nuclear power.The United States now has new applications for 26 nuclear power reactors — impressive at first glance because the industry has been at

Geoengineering gets closer look as a 'Plan B' in case emissions don't fallWe can probably engineer Earth's climate to cool the planet, scientists say, but are we willing to live with the downsides? Those could include creating more droughts, more

I've never seen anything like this,' he tells Canadian lawmakersOTTAWA - The multiyear sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, an Arctic expert says, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) posted a 51 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday, becoming the latest oil major to be hit by the steep decline in oil and natural gas prices and anemic margins at

CIUDAD OJEDA, VENEZUELA (Reuters) - Five months after Venezuela nationalized dozens of oil service contractors in Zulia state, the once-bustling industrial dock on Lake Maracaibo is nearly abandoned, and the 16 red flags raised to celebrate the takeovers are already

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Although declining streamflows and half-full reservoirs have gotten most of the attention in water conflicts around the United States, some of the worst battles of the next century may be over groundwater, experts say a critical resource

A believer in the concept of "Peak Oil"—the point at which global oil production will hit its apex and supplies will rapidly dissapear to calamitous effect—Burtynsky chose to photograph the rapidly growing Las Vegas suburbs and recreational activities like NASCAR