The Bharatiya Kisan Union will resist every move of the Haryana government either to disconnect the electricity supply to the tubewells in rural sectors, or forcibly realize the amount of power bills

Dutch electricity producer EPZ said it planned to produce more durable energy in its Geertruidenberg plant in the southern Netherlands and at the coal-powered unit of its nuclear plant in Borssele in

High oil prices pose a serious threat to the world economy and could slash growth rates by as much as three quarters of a percentage point over the next year, James Wolfensohn, president of the World

A blockade of British refineries and storage dumps began to break up and convoys of oil trucks moved past company gates unimpeded for the first time in a week, but Prime Minister Tony Blair warned

Conventional wisdom in the industrialized countries is that oil prices can come down only if OPEC increases production. OPEC cut production in March last year, when prices were around $10 a barrel.

Environmental groups have applauded Tony Blair's refusal to lower the tax on fuel during the crisis caused by lorry drivers' protests throughout the country.Pointing out that fossil fuels are one of

Japan's pledge to trim greenhouse gas emissions may be hard to achieve unless Japan proceeds to use more nuclear power, the chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies said yesterday. The

Protests at the high price of fuel that had brought Britain and Belgium to a virtual standstill drew to a close yesterday as their governments talked tough, but elsewhere across Europe fresh unrest

In an attempt to generate and promote clean energy, the Union non-conventional energy sources ministry and the Rajasthan government have joined hands and decided to set up a solar thermal powr plant

The world's leading industrial nations are discussing forging a joint position on soaring oil prices and the euro, dollar and yen exchange rates. Initial contacts between members of the Group of