The environmental nightmare unleashed by the crippled BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the white-sand paradises of Florida.

Oil giant ExxonMobil says new rules to curb drilling should be held off until the lessons from the Gulf of Mexico disaster are fully understood.

Senior BP directors want their chairman sacked over his mishandling of the Gulf catastrophe.

Louisiana's governor has blasted BP's CEO for making "idiotic" statements about the Gulf of Mexico oil-slick.

US share prices were mixed as higher-than-estimated growth in construction spending and manufacturing offset a drop in energy shares.

Opponents say there is no place for oil exploration in New Zealand, but the government is sticking by its deal with oil giant Petrobras.

About 35,000 submissions have been received on the Government's mining proposals as today's deadline approaches at 5pm.

Two big power suppliers have blamed the Emissions Trading Scheme for price rises which will add an average $5 a month to electricity bills.