NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat From Shipwrecks
NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation’s coastal marine resources.
Indigenous Peoples Put Arctic Council on Alert
Fifteen more Indigenous groups have signed onto a joint statement rejecting oil development in the Arctic. The move demonstrates that there is growing opposition to Arctic oil drilling amongst the Indigenous communities who will be most affected by the industrialisation of their territories and would feel the first impacts of an oil spill.
Shell Presses Ahead With World’s Deepest Offshore Oil Well
Royal Dutch Shell is pressing ahead with the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas production facility by pushing the boundaries of technology and drilling almost two miles (3.2 km) underwater in the politically sensitive Gulf of Mexico…
Empty Nets in Louisiana Three Years After The Spill
About two-thirds of U.S. oysters come from the Gulf Coast, the source of about 40% of America’s seafood catch. But in the three years since the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon blew up and sank about 80 miles south of here, fishermen say many of the oyster reefs are still barren, and some other commercial species are harder to find…
BP Rebuked Over North Sea Oil Leak
Norway’s oil and gas safety authority blames poor maintenance and serious breaches of regulations for BP’s Ula incident.
Tar Sands Raw Deal: Arkansas Spill Is Another Reason to Say No to Tar Sands Pipeline
“When I see raw tar sands coursing through people’s yards and across wetlands, it makes me sick. My thoughts are with the people in Arkansas who are dealing with this river of toxic mess… “
BP Appeal Over ‘Absurd’ Gulf Oil Spill Payouts
Oil giant BP is taking legal action in the US to limit payouts by a fund set up to compensate those affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
When to Say No
In itself, the Keystone pipeline will not push the world into a climate apocalypse. But it will continue to fuel our appetite for oil and add to the carbon load in the atmosphere. There is no need to accept it.
Concerns Raised Over Useless Arctic Oil Spill Plan
Greenpeace campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague.