A Bill that seeks to amend the existing law governing exploration and production of oil and gas as well as delink petroleum operations from mining operations was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024, is aimed at boosting investment …
John Elliott I was there in Bhopal on December 7, 1984, when Warren Anderson, then-chairman of Union Carbide, was whisked away from the stricken city to New Delhi and back to the US a few days after a lethal gas leak at his company
London: BP is trying to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill and is preparing to sue its partners in the oil field, British newspapers said on Sunday. The Sunday Telegraph said BP was readying to take legal action against US firm Anadarko, its …
NEW ORLEANS: It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem. The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40% methane, compared with 5% found …
New technologies hold the promise of benefits for society but they also carry risks. Public policy is supposed to weigh these risks and benefits and ensure that the latter outweighs the former, although this is a hard judgment to make. An important way of managing the risks is to hold …
Sreeram Chaulia Disruptive crises have historically shaken the status quo and generated inflection points, which portend profound changes in the direction of policy and behaviour. The gravity of a sudden and life-threatening problem, for which no easy solution is available from the toolkit of existing ways and means, focuses anxious …
JACKIE CALMES and HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON The White House June 16: The White House and BP tentatively agreed on Wednesday that the oil giant would create a $20 billion fund to pay claims for the worst oil spill in American history. The fund will be independently run by Kenneth Feinberg, …
Obama Meets BP Chairman, Chief Executive At White House BRITISH energy giant BP Plc reached a tentative agreement with President Barack Obama on Wednesday to place about $20 billion in a special fund to pay damage claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. A source with knowledge of the …
Washington: US President Barack Obama, seeking to counter an image of detached leadership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand on Wednesday that BP Plc set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe. A day after he vowed to fight the spill
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama took the unusual step of speaking directly to the American people in a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House. Earlier presidents have also gone on TV in the Oval Office, but usually at times of war. Here, Mr Obama was …
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico down south is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced, US President Barack Obama has said. 'This oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced. And unlike an earthquake or a hurricane, it is not a single …
In the form of non-woven cotton carbon absorbent wipes Houston: As British Petroleum struggles to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an Indian-origin scientist from Texas University has created a special cotton fabric that can clean up crude oil up to 40 times its weight and help …
The birds run into trouble when they dive for prey. From above, the water does not look so very different. And of course a bird has no way of knowing about the millions of gallons of oil that have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig …
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: Human rights activists from all over the country, led by prominent Bhopal activist Abdul Jabbar, on Monday wrote a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama drawing his attention to the gas leak issue after his tough stance towards the British Petroleum (BP) over the oil spill …
P. Sainath Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power. Over 20,000 killed. Over half a million victims maimed, disabled or otherwise affected. Compensation of around Rs.12,414 per victim on average on the 1989 value of the rupee. ($470 …
Seeking justice for the gas leak victims, survivors of the tragedy have started a campaign to get signatures on a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama.
