Energy Report

Monday, June 18, 2007

Gazprom faces asset sale under EU’s energy plan

The Wall Street Journal Europe
18 Jun 2007

ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLINN, Estonia—The European Union’s antitrust chief on Friday said Russian natural-gas monopoly OAO Gazprom would have to sell its distribution assets in Eastern Europe if a plan to overhaul the energy industry is approved. Under... read more...

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Massacres and paramilitary land seizures are behind the biofuel revolution
Oliver Balch Mutat Rory Carroll Cartagena
The Guardian
05 Jun 2007

Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy. Surging demand for “green” fuel has prompted rightwing... read more...