Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
An oil leak from Seibou Deep facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company has been discharging crude into Ogboinbiri River in Bayelsa. Residents of the coastal settlements in Ogboinbiri and neigbouring communities say the oil leak has damaged the fishing activities of the people. Some residents who depend on the …
Growing offshore and gas exploration as well as increasing maritime traffic at Namibia's ports prompted the Ministry of Works and Transport last Friday to launch coastal sensitivity maps for oil spills at Walvis Bay. The maps are regarded as tactical and strategic elements that are an important component of the …
Yenagoa — Oil producing communities in Bayelsa State are scrambling for oil spill compensation forms to enable them benefit from the N3.96 billion compensation following the December 2011 Bonga oil spill incident. About 40,000 barrels of crude oil were discharged into the Atlantic Ocean after an operational mishap at the …
Since February 2010, 1,308 dead or dying marine mammals — mostly bottlenose dolphins, including juveniles or aborted fetuses — have washed ashore on beaches and wetlands from Texas to Florida, or have been discovered floating in the Gulf’s murky waters. In some months, the numbers of stranded dolphins in Louisiana, …
As much as 1,500 gallons of used motor oil leaked from an above-ground storage tank in Washington state into a creek that flows into the Yakima River, vital to the apple-growing state's agricultural hub, officials said on Monday. The cause of the spill on Sunday from the tank at a …
The Government of Bangladesh-UN Joint Sundarbans Oil Spill Response Mission formally released its report on the Sundarbans oil spill at the CIRDAP auditorium on Sunday, stressing the need for rules and guidelines for the movements of water vessels through the Sundarbans area. The report was formally released at a press …
Investigators are reviewing the cause of an oil production pipeline breach on Alaska's North Slope where upwards of 4,000 gallons (15,100 liters) of fluid spilled, state officials said on Monday. The production facility is jointly owned by Hilcorp and BP Alaska, but it is operated by Hilcorp, which took over …
DHAKA : The UN expert team will share its full report on Sundarbans oil spill incident today in the city, reports UNB. The UN Sundarbans Oil Spill Response mission, comprising of multi-disciplinary experts from seven different countries, including Bangladesh, had visited the Sundarbans from December 22 to December 28. “The …
The government will assess impact of the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant on the Sundarbans after the World Heritage Centre, Paris and local environmentalists have expressed concern over setting up power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest. The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has formed a 14-member high-powered …
An indigenous community in Peru's biggest oil block stopped its monthlong occupation of 14 wells, while protesters in another town in the Amazonian region took control of six different wells, a native leader said Wednesday. The Achuar community of Pampa Hermosa gave up control of 14 wells in oil block …
BP Plc on Monday appealed a federal judge's finding of the size of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which leaves the company potentially liable to pay $13.7 billion in fines. In January, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans ruled that 3.19 million barrels of oil had …
A cleanup was continuing in the Kanawha River in West Virginia on Sunday after an oil spill last week following the derailment of a CSX Corp train, though drinking water was not affected, the company and federal officials said. Twenty seven of the train's 109 cars carrying 3.1 million gallons …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. Kashmira Kakati Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/02/2015 regarding spilling of oil into the water bodies existing in the Dehing Patkai Elephant reserve, Assam.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. didn’t pay any response or cleanup costs for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a witness for the company told a judge in a trial to determine pollution fines for the disaster. That may undermine Anadarko’s argument that it shouldn’t be fined for the spill, while …
Kichwa communities bar River Tigre, an Amazon tributary, with cables to stop oil company boats from passing and accuse government of turning a blind eye to contamination from oil operations in the forest Hundreds of indigenous people deep in the Peruvian Amazon are blocking a major Amazon tributary following what …
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria were isolated from prolong contaminated Amalakhadi sediment and crude oil polluted soil Telva, near Ankleshwar Gujarat India. Organisms were treated with two-model PAHs compound Anthracene (ANT), and Pyrene (PYR) as the sole source of carbon and energy. Identification of the isolates was carried out based …
Oil company has sold assets worth more than $40bn to pay for fines and liabilities from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill BP is selling off a stake in two promising discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico and transferring their operation to a US group in its latest attempt to …
A Montana town's water supply, contaminated by oil from a breached pipeline over the weekend, may be safe for drinking again by Friday, state officials said, after tests showed a drop in concentrations of a cancer-causing petrochemical. The contamination is linked to last Saturday's spill into the Yellowstone River of …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental researchers and BP attorneys sparred Wednesday over the potential effects of the 2010 Gulf oil spill in a trial aimed at determining whether the oil giant should be made to pay some $13.7 billion in Clean Water Act penalties. A government witness, Dr. Stanley Rice, …
(Reuters) - Responders recovered 240 barrels of oil from a breached pipeline in Montana, despite icy conditions that were slowing down efforts, the Environmental Protection Agency and Bridger Pipeline LLC said Wednesday. "We were very pleased that we were able to get that oil out of the pipeline," keeping it …
