Full Coverage: Energy

04/28/2005 Humberto Piaguaje, a Secoya indigenous leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon, faced ChevronTexaco's CEO, David O'Reilly, and other large shareholders this week to convey how the company's operations have affected his now dwindling and cancer-ridden community. Investors holding over $1 billion in stock are supporting a shareholders resolution calling on the company to disclose its environmental and human rights liabilities.

04/28/2005 Meet Salim, a 35-year-old Iraqi who is part of the well-oiled criminal machine supplying an overseas black market with fuel meant for domestic consumption and creating a huge problem for Iraq’s oil industry.

04/26/2005 United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) high officials, through their spokesperson Marcie Poole, announced that talks between Prishtina and Belgrade on energy will take place on April 27, 2005.

04/24/2005 Povodom najave Vlade Crne Gore da ce prihvatiti predlog Elektroprivrede Crne Gore o povecanju struje za domacinstva, MANS je danas podsjetio na neustavan angazman provg covjeka EPCG i potporedsjednika Vlade, Branimira Gvozdenovica i jos jednom ukazao na njegov konflikt interesa.

04/23/2005 L'Ecuador è uno dei teatri preferiti dall'Eni nella tanto sbandierata «Eni's way». Proprio alla fine del 1999 l'Eni è divenuta titolare unica di un'intera regione dell'Amazzonia ecuadoriana chiamata «Blocco 10», all'interno della quale porta avanti attività di sfruttamento petrolifero. Dal pozzo chiamato «Villano1», l'Eni estrae attualmente 15000 barili giornalieri mentre le riserve dell'area sono stimate in 190 milioni di barili di greggio. Per aumentare lo sfruttamento portandolo a circa 40.000 barili giornalieri, l'Eni ha giustificato la sua partecipazione, insieme alle altre «sorelle», alla costruzione dell'oleodotto privato Ocp: un serpente di 513 km che ha spaccato in due il paese, distrutto gran parte delle foreste ancora rimaste e violato i diritti delle comunità vicine al tubo.
di Giuseppe de Marzo

04/22/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 22 (OneWorld) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved an energy bill Thursday--the eve of Earth Day--after beating back numerous attempts to minimize the environmental harm that critics said the measure would wreak.

04/21/2005 The 2005 Energy Policy Act now before Congress has been revised in the last two years to include incentives for renewable energy sources and create reliability standards for the national electricity grid, but it still does little to protect the environment or make the United States less dependent on foreign oil, says Moving Ideas.

04/20/2005 A coalition of national security, labor, ranching, and faith-based representatives are urging U.S. lawmakers to make new energy choices that would be more environmentally and socially sound. Despite President Bush's call for more "environmentally sensitive" energy choices, the current energy bill "would do nothing to improve energy efficiency, save oil or advance clean, renewable energy sources," according to one conservation group.

04/20/2005 Representatives of SILA, association of laid-off workers from the energy sector in Macedonia, presented the association’s position on the announced sale and privatization of ESM (Public Electricity supply Company) at the press-conference they held yesterday at the NGO InfoCentre in Skopje.

04/19/2005 New Delhi: Water activists have rubbished historical claims of the Indian government and engineers that one of India’s most successful big dam projects - the Bhakra project constructed in 1963 – had a role in bringing economic prosperity to north India and food security to the country. Rahul Kumar speaks to water activists at the release of the report.

04/18/2005 There is a growing national consensus that the United States must reduce its dependence on pollution-causing energy sources. See how you can support the momentum and protect the environment for future generations.

04/12/2005 Fossiilisten polttoainevarantojen hiipuessa globaalin talouden kasvu kääntää suuntaansa, ja koko liiketoiminnan perusperiaate kääntyy päälaelleen kun työvoima halpenee suhteessa energiaan. Edessä on paluu onnelliselle ja kestävälle paikallistasolle, maalailtiin Suomen sosiaalifoorumissa - ei tosin ilman kriittisiä vasta-argumentteja.

04/11/2005 A council has been formed to represent the indigenous population of Sakhalin island in Russia's far east in negotiations with government authorities and companies planning to wratchet up oil exploration on the island. The indigenous leaders are calling on the companies to launch a fund to support community development and do a servey to determine how the new activity will affect local people.

04/06/2005 Over 1,000 scientists from 95 countries have warned that almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on earth is being degraded by human pressure and that future generations may find it difficult to survive.