The 2025 Interconnected Disaster Risks report shifts focus from diagnosing problems to mapping out solutions. It establishes that many of today’s solutions are surface-level fixes, and that to create lasting change, we need to question the societal structures and mindsets that perpetuate these challenges. The report offers a more holistic …
June 29: The issue of land subsidence due to the over-exploitation of oil and gas, in both onshore and offshore projects, has become a contentious issue in the Krishna-Godavari basin. While environmentalists have raised concerns over land subsidence, geologists discount any such possibility. Environmentalists believe land is sinking due to …
AHMEDABAD: Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the country's largest oil producer, has struck oil and gas at three places in Gujarat. The new discoveries are at Nadiad and Matar in Kheda district and Charada in Mehsana district. The estimated reserves of oil and gas at these three sites are …
Arctic nations are promising to avoid new "Cold War" scrambles linked to climate change, but military activity is stirring in a polar region where a thaw may allow oil and gas exploration or new shipping routes. The six nations around the Arctic Ocean are promising to cooperate on challenges such …
Petitioners have raised the issue of land subsidence Submergence of Krishna, Godavari deltas feared HYDERABAD: A Division Bench of the High Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) to produce the applications made by proponents who are seeking to exploit the gas and oil in the …
MANGALORE: A small ceremony on Wednesday marked the commencement of work on the Mangalore chapter of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL)
Work began on a Rs 1,000 crore-strategic crude oil reserve facility at Kalavarpadav on the outskirts of Mangalore on Wednesday. Chief Manager (Mangalore project office) S Vijayananda, EIL Resident Construction Manager S Srinivasan, MSEZ Chief Operating Officer A G Pai and others at the bhoomi pooja of the strategic crude …
Canada's oil sands emit more carbon dioxide than average crude so developers need a clearer picture of where greenhouse gas regulations are headed to find the best way to tap the giant resource, experts said. "The future regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and Canada will influence …
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has upheld a Bush administration finding that the Endangered Species Act is not a suitable tool for restricting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threatening the polar bear and its habitat. We agree, with this codicil: There are steps Mr. Salazar can and must take under …
Britain lodged a claim to a large swath of South Atlantic seabed around the Falkland Islands on Monday, setting the stage for a battle with Argentina for control of potentially rich oil and gas reserves in the area. The dispute over mineral rights could further embitter a long-running row between …
Tromso (Norway), May 3: Russia is planning to build a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves. This is causing widespread alarm among environmentalists, reports the Guardian. A prototype floating nuclear power station being constructed at the SevMash shipyard in Severodvinsk is …
The Arctic Council, a forum for climate issues and environmental protection, agreed on close and increased cooperation in carrying out research on the Arctic and identified a number of measures, including a binding guideline for ship operation and revising the guidelines for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic. The …
Arctic nations agreed on Wednesday to crack down on soot that is darkening ice around the North Pole and hastening a thaw that they also blamed on global warming. The eight-member Arctic Council, ending a two-day meeting in Norway, also snubbed requests by China, Italy, South Korea and the European …
The Obama administration said on Tuesday it rolled back a Bush-era rule excusing oil and gas companies in polar bear habitat from special reviews designed to ensure they are not harming the animals. The Alaska energy industry said the move could slow exploration and production activity in the state. Environmental …
A thaw of Arctic ice will open "plenty of opportunities" in oil and gas exploration and shipping even though the overall impact of global warming will be damaging for the region, Norway's Foreign Minister said. Jonas Gahr Stoere, who will host a meeting of the eight-nation Arctic Council in the …
Nevin John / Mumbai April 28, 2009, 0:44 IST Production from the field estimated to save India an annual foreign exchange outflow of $20 billion. Mukesh AmbaniMukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL) has raised its crude oil production capacity from the D6 block of the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, the largest find …
