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 …
BP Plc delayed testing a new cap placed over its leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well to give scientists more time to study the procedure used to measure pressure levels. BP and government officials said they still intend to conduct the assessment, which BP and the Obama Administration will use …
1 - March 18, 1967 The supertanker Torrey Canyon ran aground at the western entrance of the English Channel. The supertanker’s cargo of 100,000 tonnes of crude oil spilt into the sea. Four hours after the grounding, Royal Navy ships sprayed detergents on the oil to disperse it. But small …
Oil spills: a way of life in niger delta Using two large tubes to funnel polluted water into his small wooden boat, a Nigerian teenager helps mop up the latest oil spill in the Niger Delta. The government estimates there were over 7,000 spills between 1970 and 2000, and some …
BP is making progress on removing a device capturing oil from its leaking Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, as it prepares to install a more efficient collection system. BP plans to have a new seal on the gushing well sometime within the next week and the company said …
THE US Justice Department has started interviewing witnesses as part of the criminal and civil investigation of the oil spill that has sullied the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a television interview broadcast on Sunday. The department has asked companies including BP Plc and the firm …
Researchers and regulators need to keep up with the changing risks, and share information, says Arne Jernelöv, as tanker spills decline and pipeline leaks and blowouts become more of a concern. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/pdf/466182a.pdf
OIL major BP is seeking a strategic investor to secure its independence in the face of any takeover attempts as it struggles with a devastating oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, newspapers said on Sunday. Britain’s Sunday Times said the company’s advisers were trying to drum up interest among …
New Orleans: A supertanker adapted to scoop up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico began tests on Saturday amid a report that some major investors expect the energy giant to replace its top executives. The vessel named
MUMBAI: A major environmental disaster is brewing along the northern coastline of Maharashtra, which, according to a recent study done by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) for the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), has higher levels of pollution than any other coastline in India. The major reasons for …
Far from the tar-coated beaches and clean-up crews seen on nightly news programmes, the Deepwater Horizon disaster is exacting an ongoing and largely unknown toll. In the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, floating oil slicks and subsurface plumes threaten a highly diverse ecosystem.
Those seeking to stem the flow of oil from the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico are now struggling on land as well as at sea. A wayward robot briefly interrupted the flow from the
DEEPWATER horizon, the giant drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded off the US coast of Louisiana on April 20. The rig, leased to British Petroleum (BP), sank leading to an oil spill that is now the worst in US history surpassing even the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. Six …
William J Broad The deep seabed was once considered a biological desert. Life, the logic went, was synonymous with light and photosynthesis. The sun powered the planet
