Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Oil and gas producer Range Resources did not properly monitor leaks from a wastewater containment pond in Pennsylvania and the state has begun enforcement action that could lead to a fine, state officials said on Wednesday. A leak was detected earlier this year at the Yeager impoundment in Amwell Township …
Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to an overhaul of the state-run energy sector aimed at luring billions of dollars in new investments by foreign and private oil companies. The senate approved a series of laws this week aimed at attracting companies such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and …
Mexico's Senate gave final approval early on Tuesday to the backbone of a landmark energy reform as the government prepares to lure investment by major oil companies to stem the country's declining oil production. The bills, including a crucial new hydrocarbons law, govern implementation of a wider reform passed in …
DAHEJ: Around 1,000 farmers from 35 villages of Vagra taluka raised serious objections to the environment impact assessment (EIA) report for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals & Petrochemicals Investment region (PCPIR) at a public hearing on Wednesday The public hearing that lasted for nearly six hours saw farmers armed with powerpoint …
A plan by London-based oil and gas exploration firm Celtique Energie to drill for shale gas in southern England failed to win county government approval on Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks to Britain's fledgling shale industry. Citing concerns about noise and the impact on the environment, West …
The oil industry’s largest lobbying group began a new effort to ease public fears about hydraulic fracturing after a legal setback in New York state and a voter push in Colorado to ban the drilling practice. The American Petroleum Institute, a Washington-based group that includes Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and …
Oil that matches the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been found in the bodies of sickened fish, according to a team of Florida scientists who studied the oil's chemical composition. "We matched up the oil in the livers and flesh with Deepwater Horizon like a …
FOLLOWING the United Nations Organisation’s landmark resolution against impunity and environmental rights offenses, chief executive officers (CEOs) of defaulting transnational companies (TNCs) will now be liable to prosecution and punishments that include life imprisonment. The June 26, 2014 resolution also provides access to justice for the victims of human rights …
THE Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to ensure that Chevron Nigeria Limited adequately compensates the communities within the coastal areas to mitigate the impact of its oil rig explosion and fire. Deliberating on a motion sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Paulker on “Ocean Surge in Coastal Areas and Consequences For …
AN entreaty has been made to the National Assembly to exercise its oversight powers by constructively engaging the Federal Government and Shell to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland. A member of the national conference and the Executive Director of the Social Development …
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gates of a Chevron shale gas exploration well in eastern Romania on Monday, blocking access to the site and urging the leftist government to ban fracking. Romania could potentially hold 51 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, which would cover domestic demand for more …
AS part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is partnering with governments in six Niger Delta states to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in the health sector. By this development, Shell decided to sponsor 300 midwives, 50 each from these states for 18 …
North Dakota regulators have adopted the most stringent rules to date aimed at reducing the amount of natural gas that is burned off and wasted as a byproduct of the state's soaring oil production. The state Industrial Commission, which regulates North Dakota's oil and gas industry, endorsed a policy Tuesday …
After more than a year of delays, BP has paid the first 100 of about 10,000 medical claims filed by Gulf Coast residents and cleanup workers affected by the 2010 oil spill. Payments to cover the costs of treatment for skin and respiratory ailments and other human-health impacts from the …
Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, plans to shut down more than 250 high-polluting factories and relocate 12 others in order to improve its air quality. A city air pollution management plan released on Monday orders that 255 high-polluting factories — including Hangzhou Refinery, which is affiliated with China …
PyagbaraTHE Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has blamed the failure of successive Nigerian government to enforce relevant oil industry laws to put the oil and gas companies in check for degradation of the Niger Delta environment. MOSOP President, Legborsi Pyagbara, said irrespective of the United Nations …
Royal Dutch Shell is ready to pay up to 30 million pounds ($51 million) in compensation for two oil spills in Nigeria in 2008 after a London court rejected a larger claim, sources involved in the case said on Friday. Around 15,000 residents of the Bodo community in the Niger …
A team of seven UCLA environmental science students has created a website that shows how emissions from local factories are impacting air quality in Los Angeles County. Cal EcoMaps, launched this month, features an interactive map with detailed information about 172 facilities representing the top four emitting industries — petroleum, …
Cairn India Ltd (CAIL.NS) has received approval from a panel set up by the environment ministry to raise oil output to 300,000 barrels per day from 200,000 at its block in Rajasthan state, according to a notice on the ministry website. The panel, however, set some conditions for the company, …
The fate of two fracking lawsuits before New York's highest court hinges on legislation passed in 1981, an era of advances in gas-exploration technology that has parallels to today. The New York Court of Appeals is weighing whether towns can use zoning regulations to ban high-volume, hydraulic fracturing, widely known …
