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 …
Thousands of baby pelicans grunt and hiss at their parents in tightly packed nests on Gaillard Island, a feathered paradise situated off the coast of Alabama. The 1,300-acre, man-made island is hosting more than 50,000 birds this summer as nesting pairs gather to raise babies. That number would be considered …
The ecosystem-level impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been largely unpredictable due to the unique setting and magnitude of this spill. We used a five-year (2006–2010) data set within the oil-affected region to explore acute consequences for early-stage survival of fish species inhabiting seagrass nursery habitat. Although many of …
With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said. The Obama administration must do more to ensure that U.S. companies can quickly mobilize safety …
The fund BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday. The fund is not sufficiently transparent and requires too much documentation from claimants, said Holder after a visit to Orange …
Cairn Energy expects to find out later on Wednesday whether a lawsuit designed to deter environmental protesters from disrupting its Arctic drilling campaign has been successful. Cairn, a British oil and gas firm which is leading a charge to find oil off the coast of Greenland, faces strong opposition from …
The U.S. government put the Atlantic bluefin tuna on an environmental watchlist as a "species of concern" on Friday, and will keep checking for any impact on these fish from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At this time, the species is not threatened or endangered …
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } It is being called a spectacular success - but also a lost opportunity. With floodwaters rising to record levels along the Lower Mississippi river, the system of levees and spillways that protect the low-lying cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans faced an unprecedented test. …
When the Morganza spillway was opened on May 14, diverting an enormous volume of Mississippi River water to reduce pressure on levees downstream, the thousands of people living in the Atchafalaya River Basin were bracing for the worst. Flood-estimate maps showed water reaching depths of up to 20 feet and …
BP said Friday that Moex Offshore, one of its partners in the oil well that leaked into the Gulf of Mexico last year, had agreed to pay $1.1 billion as part of a settlement for any claims related to the oil spill. Moex, which had a 10 percent stake in …
The Senate blocked a move by Republicans to speed domestic offshore oil and natural gas drilling on Wednesday, a fresh sign of congressional gridlock on energy issues even as drivers endure gasoline prices near $4 a gallon. Republicans only got 42 of the 60 votes needed to consider a bill, …
The U.S. offshore drilling regulator has approved a Royal Dutch Shell plan for deepwater oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell's exploration plan included five proposed exploratory wells more than 7,000 feet under water, as well as three previously approved wells about 72 miles from Louisiana . …
With rising gasoline prices and skyrocketing oil company profits as a backdrop, the House approved a bill on Thursday to force the Obama administration to accelerate oil lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia. The 266-to-149 vote, largely along party lines, was a skirmish …
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday to force federal exploration lease sales off the Virginia coast and in the Gulf of Mexico that were canceled or delayed by the Obama administration following the BP oil spill. The legislation, which was pushed by Republican lawmakers, has little chance …
BP Plc's $85 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for oil spills in Alaska in 2006 suggests the government will push for higher than expected fines for the Gulf of Mexico blowout. Legal experts said the size of a $25 million penalty levied as part of the deal, …
BP will pay $25 million in civil fines to settle charges arising from two spills from its network of pipelines in Alaska in 2006 and from a willful failure to comply with court orders to properly maintain the pipelines to prevent corrosion, federal officials announced on Tuesday. The fine is …
Environmental groups on Tuesday sued the city of Chicago's water treatment authority, charging its sewage promotes algae growth that is choking Midwestern rivers and contributes to the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone." The federal lawsuit demands Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District deal with frequent runoff of untreated sewage into local …
Shell Oil will present an ambitious proposal to the federal government this week, seeking permission to drill up to 10 exploratory oil wells beneath Alaska
In April 2010, an explosion aboard the BP drill rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill ever in American waters. Initially, government officials and BP officers denied the situation was serious. As details of the spill volume, and of damage to Gulf of Mexico fisheries, …
