The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Now you see it, now you don't. According to news reports the plume of oil in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico is no more. But just days earlier, the subsurface plume had been proclaimed a long-lived menace.
In late July, BP admitted to doctoring photographs to show that BP was hard at work in a salvaging mission at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill site. A blog identified an altered photograph on BP's website. The website said it was a photo taken from inside a helicopter that …
On 27 May 2010, with crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the Obama administration announced it would pause offshore drilling plans in the Arctic Ocean, one of the planet’s most pristine ecosystems. Hailed by environmental groups, the decision was …
Washington: A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP
Narayan Lakshman Washington: The persistence of a giant plume of oil in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that the long-term impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill may be worse than earlier assumed, a scientific study has revealed. In the latest issue of Science magazine, researchers at the Woods Hole …
After months of gloom, a report on the fate of the oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon spill offered a rare piece of good news. "At least 50% of the oil that was released is now completely gone from the system," said Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
BP Plc said it controlled the pressure in the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well with drilling mud, moving a step closer to permanently sealing the source of the world
Vernon Asper was one of the first researchers in the Gulf of Mexico to study the oil gushing out from the BP well. But it has not all been smooth sailing, reports Mark Schrope.
The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed much of which is in the process of being degraded. A significant amount of this is the direct result of the robust federal response efforts. A …
BP may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in US history as early as Monday, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs. Incoming BP chief executive Bob Dudley said the company would stay involved with the cleanup …
Several US government agencies are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, though it could take more than a year before any charges are filed, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. BP Plc, Transocean Ltd and Halliburton …
Oil spillBP can keep its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico shut for another 24 hours after agreeing to monitor a leak through the seafloor and take other precautions, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said. In addition to the seep detected last night, there
US Govt Orders Firm To Submit Emergency Plan New Orleans: The US government ordered BP to submit an emergency plan for reopening its capped Gulf of Mexico oil well after experts detected seepage from the surrounding seabed. Tensions emerged as the government
New Orleans, July 16: BP said on Friday that the early test results were heartening and there were no signs of fresh oil leaks, as the cap sealing its stricken undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico held tight overnight and into the morning. Mr Kent Wells, a senior vice …
Narayan Lakshman Getting back its wings:An oiled pelican being cleaned at the Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Gulfport, Mississippi on Monday. Washington: BP has announced that a critical test on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will proceed as planned after a hydraulic leak that had delayed …
BP Plc delayed testing a new cap placed over its leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well to give scientists more time to study the procedure used to measure pressure levels. BP and government officials said they still intend to conduct the assessment, which BP and the Obama Administration will use …
