Energy Efficiency

All round the world, politicians seem to be following the American Way. (The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday). As legendary oil investor T. Boone Pickens tells the story, Republican Bob Dole wanted him to head up his 1996 presidential campaign in Texas. In return, Pickens wanted to be Dole’s chief adviser [...]

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Federal Ministers and department heads will no longer have the power to refuse access to Federal Government documents they believe not to be in the public interest, in new freedom of information (FOI) reforms announced by Senator John Faulkner today. The ability to block documents was done under “conclusive certificates” which have now been abolished. [...]

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There was great optimism following the Federal bailout of Bear Stearns in March this year, however, world markets are at new lows and as the first of what should be many profit downgrades are coming through in Australia, a new doomsday scenario is playing out in the US: the insolvency of Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]

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In Nigeria chronic electricity shortages are largely to blame for the loss of three million jobs and the closure of hundreds of factories in northern Nigeria’s commercial hub, local business leaders say. “In the last 15 years, more than three million jobs have been directly and indirectly lost in Kano with the closure of more [...]

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