Nigeria paralysed by mass strike
Much of Nigeria has come to a near-standstill after millions of workers walked out over rising fuel prices.
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UK: Army guard on food if fuel crisis flares
Hundreds of troops will be deployed to defend vital supermarket depots in the event of fresh fuel protests in the autumn.
BOLIVIA: Deep Division Over Referendum on Natural Gas
A succession of ministers of mining and hydrocarbons in Bolivia have attempted to lead the process of reforming the laws governing the industry, since the country’s president was forced to step down late last year by protests over natural gas policy.
The View from Hubbert’s Peak
The only certain beneficiaries of this coming economic chaos will be the big five oil corporations and their corrupt partners: the Nigerian generals, Saudi princes, Russian kleptocrats, and their ilk. Crude oil truly will become black gold.
Oil crisis looming: Australian Greens
Spiralling oil prices would force an economic crisis in Australia within 15 years if authorities failed to act now, the Australian Greens said today.
In the Capital of the Car, Nature Stakes a Claim
DETROIT- PAUL WEERTZ lives less than 10 minutes from downtown, but the view from his window is anything but urban. On a warm day this fall, the air was ripe with the smell of fresh-cut hay and manure. In the alley behind his house, bales of hay teetered and listed where garbage cans once stood. Chickens scratched in the yard, near a garage that had been turned into a barn. Mr. Weertz drives a Ford — not a sleek sedan but a rebuilt 1960 tractor.
New Kazakh civic coalition to ensure greater transparency in oil sector
A newly established group of NGOs to promote civic control over Kazakhstan’s burgeoning oil industry aimed at more transparency of the revenues the Kazakh government receives and how they are spent — information closed even to members of parliament.