BT.comEthiopia government starts distributing wheat, cooking oil to millions facing ...Fox NewsADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's government has started distributing rations of wheat and oil to people facing hunger in the north and northeastern parts o …

Floating oil storage rises as glut widensFinancial TimesMore than 100m barrels of crude oil and heavy fuels are being held on ships at sea, as a year-long supply glut fills up available storage on land and contributes to port congestion in key hubs. From C …

Wall Street JournalPalm Oil Pushes Through Drought, Fire and SmokeWall Street JournalHONG KONG—Palm-oil production is holding up and stocks are accumulating despite drought, fire and a choking haze that is smothering plantations across Malaysia and Indones …

MarketWatchOil slides on fears energy demand will softenMarketWatchOil futures fell Tuesday, as a slumping U.S. stock market fed concerns that the outlook for energy demand will continue to soften. The drop comes ahead of weekly data that are expected to s …

Popular ScienceUsing Nanoparticles And Mussel Glue To Clean Up Oil SpillsPopular ScienceIf you've ever eaten a cheeseburger and accidentally dropped some of its greasy contents on your favorite t-shirt, you have born witness to cotton's great (and …

Financial TimesOil price slide forces companies to rethink how they operateFinancial TimesIt has four legs, bad breath and is coming to a North Sea oil platform near you. As the world's energy groups look for new ways to cut costs to combat the collaps …

The Globe and MailAthabasca River drought patterns hold warning for oil producers: studyThe Globe and MailBased on a 900-year record obtained from tree rings, researchers found that the Athabasca watershed has historically been subjected to prolonged dry s …

KATU13 protesters suspended from St. Johns Bridge to block Shell oil shipKATUPORTLAND, Ore. – Protesters against Arctic drilling rappelled from the St. Johns Bridge early Wednesday morning to set up an aerial blockade of a Shell oil icebreaker in the port …

TIMEWorld Faces Olive Oil ShortageTIMELast week the cost of Spanish extra-virgin olive oil rose 5 percent to $4,272 per metric ton—the highest since April 2006 and “critically low levels,” according to industry analysts Oil World. A bacterial disease xylel …

Yahoo NewsUganda's farmers battle palm oil Goliaths for landYahoo NewsThe palm oil project is being carried out by Oil Palm Uganda, a subsidiary of local food producer Bidco Uganda. Bidco in turn is a joint venture between global palm oil giant Wilmar …