The GuardianNational parks must be for people, plants, pumas - not Big OilThe GuardianThe sorry, alarming fact is that approximately 40% of the park is superimposed by an oil and gas concession run by a Canadian-headquartered company, Pacific Exploration a …

MINING.comBHP hikes exploration spending, to focus mostly on copper, oilMINING.com1 mining company BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) will raise its annual exploration spending by 29%, allocating nearly all its $900 million budget to finding new copper …

Statesman JournalImprove safety but let oil trains roll through OregonStatesman JournalIf people dislike oil trains, consider the alternatives: pipelines or multiple shipments by truck. In much of America, well-built and -operated pipelines are the best so …

Peru state energy company reports Amazon oil spillReutersThe statement did not give an estimate of how much oil had escaped from the Nor Peruano pipeline in the accident. Previous spills had raised tensions between local residents and Petroperu. In March, …

Scientific AmericanOil Spills Stain Peruvian AmazonScientific AmericanThis disaster is the latest example of a string of accidents that have black-stained the Amazon and occurs within a year of the release of more than 2,300 barrels of oil, also in Loreto. …

Chron.com (blog)Oil starts the week lower as the dollar rises and risk aversion soarsChron.com (blog)While it is a quiet start to the week on the economic data front, the crude complex is having a boisterous beginning. Oil is charging lower as the dollar r …

Yahoo NewsKuwait says no plan for oil summit to boost pricesYahoo NewsVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month proposed a summit meeting between major world oil producers from OPEC and non-OPEC members to discuss slashing production to boost …

Peru says to crack down on palm oil-related Amazon deforestationReutersDemand for palm oil, a cash crop widely used in food and cosmetics, has fueled deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia. Palm oil plantations are relatively new to Peru and other South A …

Fox NewsBrothers paralyzed after injecting oil to copy muscular bodiesFox News“[Oscar] went to the local shop, and purchased oil and a syringe, and before trying it on himself injected [it] into the dog. Seeing that it gave the dog a bulge like a muscle an …

The EconomistAfter oilThe EconomistIN THE DAYS before Mr Buhari's inauguration, wags in Abuja's watering holes were joking that the new finance minister would find a note on his desk: “Sorry, there's no money left.” They had a point: lower oil …