SCOTTISH Government officials will take part in talks to resolve the sovereignty of Rockall - " a disputed lump of granite that sticks out of the Atlantic 200 miles west of St Kilda.

GUEST VOCALS On new oil negotiations ON THE face of it, this was very good news.

Nations are lining up to claim vast tracts of the seabed for oil, gas and mineral deposits.

Nations are queueing up to claim vast tracts of the seabed for the rich oil, gas and mineral deposits they hold.

James Hooper, 21, and Rob Gauntlett, who turns 21 today, became the first people ever to travel from the North Magnetic Pole to the South Magnetic Pole and on to Australia entirely under their own steam.

As mayor of Alaska's wealthy North Slope Borough, Edward Itta is keenly attuned to the importance of oil.

Posted: May 9th, 2008 by Thomas L. Knapp Author: Daniel Schulman "Since 2005, when the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a ...

Republicans, Dems align on both sides of gas tax holiday issue By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor Congressional members on both sides of the aisle are divided on a proposal by a presidential nominee to give ...

Activists onboard the Greenpeace vessel, Arctic Sunrise, confronted Italian fishing "pirates" in the Mediterranean Sea and confiscated almost two kilometres of illegal driftnet containing dead undersized ...