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 …
WASHINGTON, 22 JUNE: As new evidence emerged of a breakdown in safety procedures at the Deepwater Horizon rig, the administrator of BP's oil spill compensation fund vowed to speed up payouts to victims of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
London: Even as it continued to grapple with mounting problems, embattled British energy major BP Plc on Monday revised expenses related to the Mexican Gulf oil disaster upwards to $2 billion. Under pressure from the American administration to speed up efforts to contain the oil spill and compensate victims of …
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 …
This is the right time to ask the govt to rethink the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill Days after President Barack Obama lashed out at British Petroleum (BP) saying he would not let it
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, …
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 …
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 …
