The US federal government has filed suit against the owners and pilot of the container ship that ran into San Francisco's Bay Bridge on November 7th. The suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, seeks compensation for cleanup costs...
Poor old Shell. There it goes sponsoring the prestigious BBC “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London and 15 or so folk turned up and started singing “a new hymn of hope to an...
The Lebanese coastline remains heavily polluted from last year's Jiyyeh oil spill and cleaning efforts have not achieved the desired result, according to local NGOs. Their conclusions contrast sharply with reports by other NGOs and the United Nations Environment Program...
America’s high gas prices are being caused, in part, by what has been called an “invisible hurricane” - have been plagued by a record number of fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year, causing dozens of them to...
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has warned that oil companies operating in Nigeria must be made to pay heavy fines for oil spills caused by them. Taking a much stronger line than any of his predecessors, the President said that...
Decommissioned oil rigs off Australia's coastline could become hubs for marine-based businesses such as coral harvesting for aquariums, a fish expert argues. Professor David Booth, of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and University of Technology, Sydney, says there are...
BP has started an unprecedented public relations campaign in Alaska, trying to rebuild its battered image after last year’s oil spills and shutdown in Prudhoe Bay. In recent weeks, the oil giant has held parties, barbecues and picnics around the...
Occidental has been accused of contaminating an area of the Peruvian Amazon where it and its successor company have drilled for oil for the past 32 years, creating misery for the local Achuar people and widespread lead and cadmium poisoning....
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is preparing for a massive clean up operation of oil spills in the Niger Delta, including in Ogoni. UNEP’s Country Director, Turhan Saleh said the clean up work would be the most challenging task...
The annual bonus for BP’s outgoing CEO John Browne was cut in half last year as oil spills and safety lapses in the United States overshadowed record profits for the oil giant.Browne's annual performance bonus for 2006 was cut to...
