Exxon’s Never-Ending Big Dig 02/19/2016 Flooding the Earth With Fossil Fuels Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Here’s the story so far. We have the chief legal representatives of the eighth and 16th largest economies on Earth (California and New York) probing the biggest fossil fuel company on Earth (ExxonMobil), while both Democratic presidential candidates are demanding…
An exclusive ground-level look at the illicit oil trade that has made ISIS the world’s richest extremist group. BuzzFeed News’ Mike Giglio reports from the Turkey–Syria border.posted on Nov. 3, 2014, at 7:39 a.m. Mike Giglio BuzzFeed Staff Photograph by Yusuf Sayman for BuzzFeed News BESASLAN, Turkey — This town on the Turkish-Syrian border is covered…
A report issued by the London-based International Centre for Development Studies confirmed that Iran is stealing large amounts of oil from neighboring Iraqi fields. According to the report, Iran steals $17 billion worth of Iraqi oil from fields that are mostly Iraqi and not shared between the two countries. Those fields are home to more…
ROME European Jet Set Hot Spot On a December morning, a group of young workers gathered along the via Veneto. The street that was the pulsating center of Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” was slowly waking up: hotels and offices opened their doors, people stopped by for breakfast. The group of workers entered Cafè…
Secrets And Shortcomings Of China’s Mammoth Rare Earth Industry Analysis: China’s approach to rare earth mining is putting it at odds with the WTO. China’s Economic Observer outlines where China’s gone wrong, and what it needs to do to set the industry straight. Rare earth oxides By Chen Jibing BEIJING – The World Trade Organization’s Dispute…
Virgin Spends $1.4 Billion On Super-Efficient, Ultra Quiet Jet Engines BY Ariel SchwartzToday Virgin America isn’t waiting for major innovation in the biodiesel sector; they want to pay less for fuel now. So they’re investing in a remarkable new engine from GE. “This is one of these significant breakthroughs in technology and engine efficiency that…
SPECIAL REPORT – Qatar’s big Libya adventure June 9, 2011 Posted in News, Week Commencing: June 6, 2011 (Reuters) – To get an idea of who might wield influence in post-civil war Libya, take a look at the flags flying in the rebel-held east of the country. Outside the courthouse in Benghazi — rebel headquarters…
The Saudi threat is intended to present U.S. policymakers with a choice between U.S. values and U.S. interests. In his speech last week on the Middle East, President Barack Obama left little doubt that America stands with the people of the region in their demand for change. This puts the U.S. on a collision course…
U.S. to allow Libyan rebels access Gaddafi’s frozen $33bn Libya’s rebels will be given access to part of the $33bn of Libyan state assets that have been frozen at US banks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton’s announcement that the US is creating a legal framework for rebels to…