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 …
the biggest coral structure in the world might be threatened very soon. The Australian government has left the option of future oil drilling open near the Great Barrier Reef. tgs nopec Geophysical, a Houston-based multinational company, has recently proposed to carry out exploration for oil near the world heritage area …
at least 1,000 tonnes of fish were recently found dead near the shores of Kuwait. Following the incident, the government has imposed a ban on fishing, though the cause of the deaths is still not known. A committee set up by the government to examine the issue has failed to …
The Nigerian government has directed oil multinationals operating in the country to submit reports on the state of their pipelines and the plans to combat oil pollution. "The move is aimed at ensuring that oil industry operators adopt good practices and comply with the environmental standards,' says Atiku Abubakar, the …
the White House has passed a bill that permits oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So far, 95 per cent of Alaska's North Slope that hosts the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was open to exploration. With the passing of the bill, the remaining five per cent …
multinational oil giant Shell has withdrawn from a project to explore gas in Pakistan's Kirthar National Park. The move has been hailed by environmental organisations like Friends of the Earth International ( foei ), which had filed a lawsuit in the Pakistani courts against the project. Premier Oil of Pakistan …
the Republicans in the us Senate will soon introduce a legislation that includes a provision to open some parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in northeastern Alaska, to oil and natural gas drilling. President George W Bush is expected to support the legislation. Opening the refuge to drilling was …
Nine environmental organisations in Pakistan have filed a petition in the Sindh high court against the multinational oil giant, Shell, to stop the construction of a pipeline for mineral and gas exploration in the Kirthar National Park. The park, located in the Sindh province, is Pakistan's oldest and biggest national …
Brazil may end up attaining economic development at the cost of the environment. A team of scientists who analysed the implications of a proposed us $40 billion project called
Pakistan's Sindh high court has issued a notice to the federal and provincial governments and to two companies on the cancellation of oil and gas exploration license in the Kirthar National Park (KNP). The petition was filed by a group of nine non-governmental organisations. The petition states that drilling for …
In order to preserve the marine environment, the Chinese government has decided to safely dispose old or damaged equipment used during offshore oil and gas exploration projects. The country plans to collaborate with other countries to find better solutions to save marine life. "This is being done so that a …
green groups in Pakistan are making last-ditch efforts to save the country's largest wildlife sanctuary, Kirthar National Park in Sindh, from multinational oil exploration companies. Plans are underway to explore three trillion cubic metres of natural gas that is believed to be hidden in the porous rocks of the protected …
The Sunderban area of Bangladesh will be explored for its oil and gas reserves by Shell, Anglo-Dutch oil company. The Sunderbans are the home to some of the world's most endangered wildlife. The Bangladesh government has given its approval to the project. Any mineral exploitation would threaten the existence of …
East Timbalier, one of the islands that protect the Louisiana coastal wetlands in the us, is expected to disappear in just a few years, perhaps as early as 2004. Narrowed and cut by hurricanes and oil and gas exploration efforts, East Timbalier is just a shadow of its former self. …
scientists in the United Kingdom have undertaken a unique project that could help to pinpoint oil and gas deposit sites. The project, which will take two years, involves studying weather information dating back 320 million years and correlating it into a global database. The scientists go back in time to …
Pakistan federal minister for environment and local government Omar Asghar Khan has said that the sanctity of Kirthar National Park in Sindh province should be preserved while assessing the gas potential in the area. "Any such effort in this area must proceed in a systematic manner with due consideration to …
india's premier oil exploration company, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ongc ) has been pulled up by the Assam Pollution Control Board ( apcb ) for severely violating environmental norms in its drilling operations in the state. The board has refused to give a no objection certificate ( …
a government move to allow oil and gas exploration activities in the Kirthar National Park has sparked a major controversy in Pakistan. Situated 80 km north of Karachi in the southwest of Sindh province, the park was declared a wildlife sanctuary on October 28, 1972 and was eventually declared a …
A straight fight between ancient beliefs and business is unfolding in Colombia where the U'wa tribesmen are threatening to commit mass suicide after a us oil firm, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (opc) , won drilling rights in their ancestral lands, reports Reuters . "We are looking at the information to see …
Deep-sea survey for oil off Tanzania will be conducted through a joint venture between an American firm, Western Geophysical of Houston, and state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation ( tpdc ). The us firm brought in specialised vessel, MV Explora , to conduct the survey, the first-ever to be conducted outside …
