Stories by Terry Macalister

New row over the Falklands

BRITAIN put itself on a collision course with Argentina over disputed sovereignty of the Falkland Islands when it gave explicit support to a GBP600m plan to develop oil reserves in the South Atlantic on Wednesday. Published 14 Jul, 2012 03:01am

Arctic oil drilling

A DECISION by a British oil company to start drilling wells in “iceberg alley” off Greenland has been described as... Published 11 Jul, 2010 12:00am

Oil giant in trouble

BP`s woes over handling the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster increased on Wednesday when its latest attempt to contain... Published 04 Jun, 2010 12:00am

America`s love of Big Oil

THE American public has been told by their government that oil industry regulation has been undermined by drugs,... Published 31 May, 2010 12:00am

Doubts over carbon capture

A NEW research paper from American academics is threatening to blow a hole in growing political support for carbon... Published 27 Apr, 2010 12:00am

UK`s wind revolution

FOREIGN firms on Friday seized the lion`s share of the development contracts to kickstart a wind revolution in... Published 11 Jan, 2010 12:00am

Green energy

GREEN energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year,... Published 05 Jun, 2009 12:00am

Setback to climate change

GREEN companies are in retreat, with a wave of staff layoffs and production cuts that could have dire consequences... Published 17 Feb, 2009 12:00am