G20 targets new global energy body: media

(Reuters) - Leaders at the G20 Summit are seeking to lay the foundations for a new global energy trade regime to help ensure open markets and prevent oil and gas supplies being used as tools of foreign policy, the Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.

Alternative Energy And Global Energy Security In Aftermath Of Rio+20

By Alexander Mirtchev, Contributor

 

“Life always gets harder toward the summit–the cold increases, the responsibility increases.” These words by Friedrich Nietzsche aptly characterize the atmosphere among global leaders at June’s international summits.

Falkland Islands: Premier Oil plan leads UK and Argentina to new dispute

Britain put itself on a collision course with Argentina over the disputed sovereignty of the Falkland Islands when it gave explicit support to a £600m plan to develop oil reserves in the south Atlantic on Wednesday.

China says U.S. wind tower probe to hurt cooperation

(Reuters) - China's Ministry of Commerce said a U.S. investigation into wind towers from China could hurt bilateral clean energy cooperation, an area the White House has been eager to develop.