European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has told a German newspaper environmental concerns over the practice of hydraulic fracturing, so-called fracking, to tap shale gas will be on the EU agenda this year. “It is absolutely right to seek to …

The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a claim by an Alaskan village that it should be able to sue oil and utility companies for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of Kivalina wanted various …

Under an Australian Greens Party policy farmers would have the right to say no to coal seam gas (CSG) exploration on their land. In a bid for rural votes ahead of the September federal election, Australian Greens leader Senator Christine …

The Australian Marine Conservation Society says a decision on a “mega port” adjacent to Queensland’s World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef will be made within 40 days. The proposal by North Queensland Bulk Ports to dredge three million tonnes of …

Respondents to a survey say traffic snarls in the New South Wales state capital, Sydney, are costing business and making workers tired, late and sick. The latest BusinessWise Congestion survey by the NSW motoring organisation, NRMA, has found small businesses …