Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Gonzalo Ortiz interviews JUAN PABLO SÁENZ, prosecuting attorney in Chevron case * QUITO, Feb 23, 2011 (Tierramérica) – On Feb. 14, a provincial Ecuadorean court issued the harshest environmental verdict in history against a major oil company, the U.S.-based Chevron. But is there any chance it will be [...]
ENERGY: Is Fracking Even Worse Than Drilling?
August 27, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By William Fisher NEW YORK, Aug 26, 2010 (IPS) – With cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico barely underway, energy companies are already assuming a crouching stance in anticipation of a no-holds-barred attack by environmentalists on what the industry says is the next major breakthrough in natural resource [...]
MEXICO: Oil Workers at Sea Without a Safety Net
August 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Aug 13, 2010 (IPS) – The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reawakened concerns about labour conditions on Mexican drilling platforms. Restrictions on trade union freedoms, lack of insurance and health coverage, low wages, poor training and corrupt practices are some [...]
PERU:: Transparency a Challenge for Mining and Oil
August 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Milagros Salazar* – Tierramérica LIMA, Aug 8 (IPS) – Peru is the only Latin American country that has made steps towards joining the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), but has a difficult stretch ahead as it tries to overcome industry resistance to reporting profits and the government’s [...]
Canada Coming With Worse Than Oil
July 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Cronin BRUSSELS, Jul 19, 2010 (IPS) – Fears of a trade dispute with Canada have made European Union officials reluctant to categorise tar sands from North America as a more polluting fuel than conventional petrol. Officials working for the EU’s executive, the European Commission, are considering [...]
Concern about Energy Security Risks
May 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Concern about Energy Security Risks Credit: Maplecroft By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – A new study has expressed concern about the long-term energy security of the Middle East oil producing and exporting countries and classified these as “high risk” nations. “A sustained growth in demand for [...]
ECUADOR: New Deadline for Renegotiating Oil Contracts
May 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Gonzalo Ortiz QUITO, May 11 (IPS) – The government of Ecuador hopes to sign new services contracts with foreign oil firms operating in the country, to replace the 34 contracts currently in effect, by the end of the year. Wilson Pástor, who was named minister of non-renewable resources [...]
U.S.: Offshore Drilling Badly Tarnished by Gulf Oil Leak
May 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matthew Berger WASHINGTON, May 4 (IPS) – As oil seeps into the environmentally and economically critical Gulf of Mexico following an explosion on a rig there two weeks ago, some groups are saying this catastrophe should mark the end of offshore drilling for oil – and be a ”clarion [...]
Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue
April 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Apr 29, 2010 (IPS) – When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face with Naing Htoo, whose community has suffered due to the exploits of the [...]
Mexico on the Alert Over Massive Oil Spill
April 27, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Apr 28 (IPS) – Mexico is gearing up for the environmental effects of the oil spill caused by last week’s sinking of a BP-owned deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A BP team using [...]
