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 …
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.
Indu Bhan The Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed thousands and rendered hundreds of thousands seriously infirm and with genetic defects in yet-to-be-born, has clearly brought to the fore the need to have clear-cut laws relating to class action suits, which originated in the US and are being followed in …
US MAY PENALISE CO BY CRIPPLING ITS ABILITY TO DO BIZ Jim Efstathiou Jr & Jeff Plungis WASHINGTON BP MAY lose control of its US oil and natural gas wells and be barred from doing business with the federal government as punishment for the worst oil spill in US history, …
Abhineet Kumar / Mumbai June 15, 2010, 1:34 IST Move likely to delay the deployment of idle rigs by Aban Offshore. The six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to delay the deployment of idle rigs by Aban Offshore and impact the day rates for …
BP is considering putting several billion dollars into a ring-fenced cleanup fund to appease American concerns over the soaring cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The fund is one of several options to be put to the company
Ethnic Uzbeks try to extinguish a fire in a burning residence torched by mob in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday. PHOTO: AP US President Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of …
President Barack Obama wants BP Plc to set up an escrow account to pay the claims for damages caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, White House advisor David Axelrod said.
BP faced renewed US pressure on Sunday to do more to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as the United States and Britain played down diplomatic tensions over the crisis. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was up to the British energy giant, under pressure in the United …
Even bad times have their uses sometimes. One of the positive fallouts of the recent oil price rise was its impact on oil exploration. The oil industry has been trying hard for a while to get oil from the deep ocean. But the procedure was expensive, not to speak of …
The Deepwater Horizon blowout is the largest oil spill in US history, but its ecological impact need not be the worst. It all hinges on the amount and composition of the oil that reaches the Gulf of Mexico's most sensitive habitat: its coastal marshes. If they can be protected, the …
Kabul: Britain stands ready to help BP with its clean-up efforts following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday as he came under intense pressure at home to stand up for the oil giant.
As much as 40,000-plus barrels of oil per day are pouring from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, a US official has said, more than doubling the previous government estimate. "The lowest estimate that we're seeing that the scientists think is credible is probably about 20,000 barrels, and …
United States President Barack Obama says he needs to know whose ass he should kick in the case of the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He wants those responsible to pay for the damage — to the people and the environment. The victims of the Bhopal gas …
George Monbiot The energy industry has long dumped its damage and, like the banks, made scant provision against disaster. Time to pay up. Has BP ever made a profit? The question looks daft. The oil company posted profits of $26 billion last year. There's no doubt that BP has been …
The US coast guard chief in charge of the federal response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico warned that even if the flow of crude was stopped by summer, it could take well into autumn
Narayan Lakshman Washington: Even as BP reported signs of success in its latest attempt to slow the powerful gush of oil from the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, leading the federal government's response to the spill, said this …
Henry Fountain As engineers made headway on Thursday in containing the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, crews on two floating rigs flanking the spot where the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank were doing what rig crews normally do: drilling wells. The two wells, aimed at …
