WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that reserves of world’s biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40%
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February 8, 2011
Climate camp’s media mismanagement
No argument was ever won by people trying to hide or manipulate freedom of movement or speech. It is an ugly culture that cannot welcome its potential friends, and debate with its enemies, and which feels it must control people’s perceptions so crudely.
August 21, 2007
We just can't get enough
In China we are witnessing the mass poisoning of a people and the ecological devastation of a nation – and it raises ugly questions about our greed.
July 18, 2007
China overtakes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter
China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.
June 19, 2007
Sweden plans to be world’s first oil-free economy
Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely within 15 years – without building a new generation of nuclear power stations.
February 7, 2006
The pressure mounts
North Sea oil production has ‘peaked’ and is now declining. The same will happen soon to global supplies. John Vidal and Ian Sample examine the potential consequences of a worldwide shortage of fossil fuels.
October 20, 2005