The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) has ordered a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips to halt all operations at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in northern China’s Bohai Bay, saying the company has failed to seal a leak that has lasted more than two months. The administration said in a statement posted on its …
As part of U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips Inc.’s effort to diffuse Chinese anger over an oil spill it says is now contained in Bohai Bay, the company suggests its teams left nearby shoreline cleaner than before the accidents. There’s no denying crude oil sullied Chinese waters. Conoco says its recovery …
ConocoPhillips China said Wednesday that it has submitted a report to China's State Oceanic Administration detailing its response to two oil leaks at the Penglai 19-3 oil field
Report of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to holistically address the issue of poaching in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Their findings were published in the Aug. 16 edition of the Proceedings …
Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others over last year's big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico allowed much of the case to move ahead, including punitive damages claims. "We are very pleased with the ruling," said …
The Chinese maritime authority is preparing to sue ConocoPhillips, the American oil company, over two oil spills in June that engulfed large swaths of Bohai Bay in north China, according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency. The report, which appeared on Wednesday, said the State Oceanic Administration …
USGS Alaska Science Center researchers, in cooperation with the Native Village of Point Lay, will attempt to attach 35 satellite radio-tags to walruses on the northwestern Alaska coast in August as part of their ongoing study of how the Pacific walrus are responding to reduced sea ice conditions in late …
Green is now the new buzz at the shipping ministry. In an endeavour to cut down on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit damage to coastal life, the ministry is planning to introduce a discount for ‘green ships’ that enter Indian ports. This is a prevalent practice at some major …
A subsidiary of ConocoPhillips said it has started evaluating the impact of its oil spill in China's northern Bohai Bay on the marine environment, but has not yet received any claims for the incident. State media have said fishermen in northern China's Hebei Province were preparing to sue ConocoPhillips for …
Victims of BP's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have received more than $5 billion in compensation since a fund was set up a year ago, officials said. The money has gone to 204,434 individuals and businesses, mainly in the five-state Gulf region: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and …
BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday. The payouts amount to roughly 25 percent of the $20 billion fund, known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set …
Bulgaria has given investors in a trans-Balkan oil pipeline aimed at transporting Russian crude through Bulgaria to Greece more time to improve their environment plans, the environment ministry said on Monday. The company which manages the 300-km Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project has been given one more month by the end …
In the world of environmental regulation, where the hope is to write rules that both industry and science can live with, few areas are as contentious as fishing. Especially on the East Coast, fishermen attack scientists as mired in bottomless ignorance about how fish are actually caught. Scientists sometimes describe …
US oil giant ConocoPhillips, already facing legal action and mounting public anger over a huge oil spill off China's northeast coast, has found nine new leaks in the same area, authorities said. The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Saturday ConocoPhillips had reported the leakages near a platform in Bohai …
A Chinese authority says the local unit of ConocoPhillips has found nine oil spill sources amid intensifying pressure on the company to clean up oil spills in the Bohai Bay. The North China Sea branch of the State Oceanic Administration says ConocoPhillips "admitted" Saturday that there were nine oil spill …
Authorities arrested dozens of people on Sunday protesting outside the White House against a proposed $7 billion oil pipeline they oppose for environmental reasons. Park Police Sergeant David Schlosser said 45 activists were arrested on Sunday for "failure to obey lawful order." They were released after paying a fine, he …
Royal Dutch Shell said it had moved closer to stemming Britain's biggest oil spill for over a decade by closing a valve from which crude had been seeping for over 8 days. "Closing the valve is a key step," said Glen Cayley, Technical Director of Shell's exploration and production activities …
Gujarat’s environment and forest department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the state’s coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
Royal Dutch Shell said Friday that it had closed a valve from which oil was spilling into the North Sea, calling it a “key step” in stopping the leak at its Gannet Alpha platform. Glen Cayley, technical director of Shell’s exploration and production in Europe, said divers sealed off the …
