STWR - Share The World's Resources

Despite contrary views from economists, the soaring price of oil  is due to one outstanding factor: speculation.  This sobering picture calls for new licensing regulations limiting oil-market participation, writes Thomas Palley.

It's time to embrace the huge challenge of weaning society from its addiction to 'black gold', writes Dick Nichols, through unions and environmentalists taking a united stand against the Big Oil corporations.

The end of cheap oil helps renewables, says Mark Lynas, but makes far dirtier alternatives viable. A low-carbon future will demand brave leadership.

Increasingly it is being asked: Which countries are water rich, which are water poor, and who should manage water resources?

An open letter to the leader of Opec's biggest oil producer, the one man who can force Britain to cut its carbon emissions.

Demystifying the issue of energy, from oil, ethanol and technology, to one of the many paradoxes of the new energy order - that more energy security means less energy independence.