Methane hydrates under the ocean bottom could offer many times the existing fossil fuel reserves.

What good is that? To burn that fuel is disaster. We already need to leave 4/5 of the known reserves in the ground, to have a good chance of avoiding global heating catastrophe. If we find more, we can't use it.

The UK will use a secret hearing to try to snuff out Abdel Hakim Belhaj's lawsuit about handing him to Gaddafi for torture.

Apple arrogantly demanded the US reduce its tax rate, and then Apple will deign to allow some of its foreign income to be taxed.

The Home of the Brave would punish Apple for this by doing exactly the opposite of what it wants: taxing foreign income anyway.

Israeli soldiers keep on destroying Palestinians' crops and irrigation systems, and demolishing their buildings.

The default policy of the Israeli army, when colonists commit crimes against Palestinians, is to defend the culprits and aggravate the crimes. Sometimes they arrest the victims too.

A Dutch criminal investigation puts companies on notice that they may be prosecuted for collaborating with the construction of Israeli colonies in Palestine or the annexation wall.