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Post Primer: Who’s calling dibs on the North Pole?
Denmark has leaked information about planting the Danish flag in the North Pole ahead of a meeting with the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. (In case you’re not up on your UN...
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Shell campaign encourages Canadians to cut energy consumption
By Rebecca Penty CALGARY — Shell Canada Ltd. is challenging Canadians to cut their energy consumption. A new campaign, the Energy Diet Challenge, has Shell recruiting six families across the country to...
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Failed U.S. pipeline carried Alberta crude
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho – ExxonMobil said on Friday a pipeline that failed two weeks ago, leaking oil into the Yellowstone River, routinely transported a heavier and more toxic form of crude...
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National Post front page for September 21, 2011
Military stifling militia: report Incorrect diagnoses resulted in abortions Saudi oil’s ethical warfare Air and space museum told to pack bags
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Saudis ripped for trying to block pro-oil sands ad
Saudi Arabia’s attempt to block a pro-oil sands TV ad with a cease-and-desist request has sparked a diplomatic spat between the two oil-rich nations, with Canadian officials condemning Saudi actions as...
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Photos of the Day, Oct. 12, 2011
Today’s best photos from around the world selected by the Photo Editors of the National Post View previous gallery REUTERS/HandoutA combination photo shows Herbert Chavez before and after his cosmetic...
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Arab Spring cost more than US$55-billion: report
By Peter Apps LONDON — The uprisings that swept the Middle East this year have cost the most affected countries more than US$55-billion, a new report says, but the resulting high oil prices have...
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U.S. likely to pursue new Keystone XL pipeline route
WASHINGTON —The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday it will explore a new route for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, delaying a final approval beyond the 2012 U.S. election, sources...
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Shutting down oil exports ‘easier than drinking a glass of water’: Iran navy...
By Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN — Closing off the Gulf to oil tankers will be “easier than drinking a glass of water” for Iran if the Islamic state deems it necessary, state television reported on Wednesday,...
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China’s Iran problem: U.S. nuclear sanctions complicate huge trade relationship
By Chen Aizhu BEIJING — China faces more challenges than ever in its Iran policy this year as Washington and its allies move to impose tougher sanctions in an effort to rein in Tehran’s nuclear...
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China defends Iran oil trade despite U.S. push
By Lucy Hornby and Chris Buckley BEIJING — China gave no hint on Wednesday of giving ground to U.S. demands to curb Iran’s oil revenues, rejecting Washington’s sanctions on Tehran as overstepping even...
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U.S., Japan unite on toughening oil sanctions in Iran over atomic bomb fears
By Ramin Mostafavi and Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN – The United States won key support from Japan Thursday for tough oil sanctions against Iran over a nuclear program that the West suspects is geared to...
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Oil sales, human rights (and pandas) on Stephen Harper’s China agenda
By Jason Fekete BEIJING — Prime Minister Stephen Harper landed in China Tuesday for a critical four-day mission that’s another step toward re-engineering the symbiotic Sino-Canadian relationship on...
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China looks to Saudi Arabia and Russia for oil in bid to squeeze out sanction...
By Judy Hua and Alex Lawler BEIJING/LONDON — China is scouring the world for alternative oil supplies to replace a fall in its imports from Iran, as it seeks to negotiate lower prices from Tehran, and...
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Iran stops oil sales to U.K., French companies, will ‘sell our oil to new...
Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state’s lifeblood, oil. “Exporting...
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Keystone XL pipeline link to Canada is a ‘no-brainer’: Mitt Romney
By Sheldon Alberts Postmedia News Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Thursday channelled his inner Stephen Harper in a speech touting the Keystone...
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Obama angers both environmentalists and energy companies by supporting...
By Sheldon Alberts Postmedia News Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON — In supporting Calgary-based TransCanada’s decision to build the southern leg of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, President...
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Spain no longer imports oil from Iran
MADRID—Spain stopped importing Iranian oil “at the end of February” because of a gradual European Union embargo, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. “We haven’t imported Iranian oil since the end of...
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Iran shutting down oil wells, losing billions of dollars due to crippling...
LONDON — Tough Western sanctions are forcing Iran to take drastic action and shut off wells at its vast oilfields, reducing production to levels last seen more than two decades ago and costing Tehran...
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Oil, shipping could accelerate Arctic ice thaw, experts warn
OSLO — Local pollution in the Arctic from shipping and oil and gas industries, which have expanded in the region due to a thawing of sea ice caused by global warming, could further accelerate that...
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