Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
President Muhammadu Buhari's approval, on Aug. 5th 2015, of actions to fast-track the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland is undoubtedly one of the most significant decisions taken by the President since his inauguration on May 29th 2015. Like one writer said: "It is important to underscore here that the pains of …
Environmentalists are urging Canada's Conservative government not to loosen rules involving a substance used for treating oil spills in water, citing research questioning its ecological impact. The oil dispersant, Corexit EC9500A, was deployed during the deadly Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had …
Heavy metals are found naturally in micro quantities in all aquatic systems. In fact, some of them are essential micronutrients for living organisms. However, they became highly toxic to the organisms when present in higher concentrations. These metal concentrations have been altered in the ecosystem by indiscriminate anthropogenic activities and …
OGONI people in Rivers State have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for approving creation of necessary institutions for implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report. In a letter to President Buhari, which was made available to The Guardian, the Ogoni under the auspices of the Movement for the Survival …
State Pollution Control Board ignorant of the fact as its office is located in Nizamabad district Though it has not assumed threatening proportions so far, pollution is one factor about which no one seems to be bothered in Adilabad, an environmental haven of a district in Telangana State. In this …
Plains All American Pipeline LP's ruptured California oil pipeline may have spilled 41 percent more crude than currently estimated, the company said on Wednesday. In a presentation accompanying Plains' quarterly earnings call with analysts, the company said the May rupture may have released up to 3,400 barrels of crude, about …
Foreign cruise ships unloading wastewater along the Vlora-Saranda seaside line to avoid taxes in European Union countries are the main cause of the pollution on Albanian coast, Albanian minister of environment Lefter Koka said on Wednesday. The minister expressed his concern and warned to undertake measures against foreign cruises. Albania …
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved several actions to fast-track the long-delayed implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland. The actions, approved by Buhari, were based on recommendations to him by the Executive Director of UNEP, the UNEP Special Representative …
California water quality regulators have asked state Attorney General Kamala Harris to consider enforcement action against the owner of an oil pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara in May, spilling petroleum onto beaches and the Pacific Ocean. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board said on Monday that it …
Port Harcourt — The representative of Odidi community in Delta State, Mr Anthony Richard, has said that about four persons were killed while 15,500 residents of the community were displaced in July oil spill that ravaged the community. Mr Richard disclosed this when the South South Zonal Coordinator of National …
The U.S. Coast Guard was investigating a large, patchy oil sheen that appeared off the Southern California coast west of Santa Barbara on Wednesday, not far from the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in May, officials said. The slick, spanning approximately 3 square miles (8 square km) of the …
LONDON — The British oil giant BP said on Tuesday that it lost $5.8 billion in the second quarter, reflecting a huge settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The roughly 40 percent fall in oil prices since last year is also sharply cutting into profits at BP …
A maritime court in the coastal city of Qingdao has said it will hear a landmark case brought by a nonprofit organisation against U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips and China's CNOOC Ltd, the official China Daily reported. The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation will not claim compensation, but is …
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) had conducted an enquiry into the matter. As per OISD report no culpability could be established, however, the root cause of the …
NASHIK: The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) proposal to shift motorized boats from the Gangapur boat club to Bhavali dam has brought much cheer among the citizens and activists, who had opposed the boating activity in the dam that supplies drinking water to the city and nearby villages. The boat …
BP’S US$18.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill draws a line under years of uncertainty to allow it to focus once again on growth but could make it an acquisition target. The British energy giant, whose shares are still some 35 percent below their value before the …
BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago in the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history. The agreement adds to the $43.8 billion that BP …
Nigeria’s state-run oil company said Thursday it had recorded 3,700 cases of pipeline vandalism last year, leading to a revenue loss of some 60 billion naira ($299 million). The sabotage of pipelines is a major problem in Africa’s leading crude producer, resulting in massive oil theft, or so-called “bunkering” that …
Lrr — A Senegalese vehicle with registration number TH- 6248 E on Monday caused a massive oil spillage at the Bamba Tenda-Yelli Tenda ferry crossing point in the Lower River Region. Speaking to Daily Observer shortly after the incident at the site, Lamin Saidy, the regional disaster coordinator said the …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by BP Plc(BP.L) and Anadarko Petroleum Corp(APC.N) to avoid penalties under federal pollution law in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The high court left in place a June 2014 ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court …
