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 …
BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast in 2010 is a record amount, and a significant sum of money. Or, looked at another way, the settlement announced Thursday is less than the $5.5 billion in …
Will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst US offshore oil spill ever. US Attorney General Eric Holder …
BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever. The settlement includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the largest such levy in U.S. history, the oil company …
Taking stock of the oil spill in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu where a leak from an abandoned ONGC pipeline affected a large area of under-cultivation farmland, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday she would apprise Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily of the losses suffered by the farmers and also …
Coast Guard asked to move stranded ship within 3 days to prevent pollution off Marina coast In a bid to prevent pollution off the Marina, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked the Coast Guard to move stranded vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery mid-sea within three days. According to …
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry will take up with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas the issue of according systemic protocol for monitoring pipelines to prevent oil spill, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan said here on Tuesday. Taking suo motu cognisance of a …
Environment ministry could review the rules for green clearances and regulation of more than 40,000 km of oil and gas pipelines spread across the country. The move comes after Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan made a spot visit to the second oil spill in a year from an ONGC pipe …
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan rushed to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu on Monday night to inspect a massive crude oil spill from a pipeline belonging to the Oil and Natural Gas Commission. The Environment Ministry received reports that around 100 acres of farmland in a village in Nagapattinam were destroyed due …
A German cargo shipper targeted last year by Somali pirates will pay a $1.2 million penalty and be barred from U.S. ports for five years as punishment for oil-dumping violations off the Alaska coast and elsewhere in the open ocean, U.S. federal officials said on Friday. Nimmrich & Prahm Bereederung …
PONDA: Even as Ponda Police has registered an offence against the bus driver involved in the mishap that claimed the life of a lecturer, residents of Konem have raised fears over a possible threat to natural water resources due to a diesel leakage from the tanker. It may be recalled …
The state of Louisiana has asked a federal judge to declare a jury trial to decide on its claim for more than $1 billion from BP Plc to compensate the state for economic losses resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In a filing on Wednesday, Louisiana Attorney General …
Fines issued for only seven of 4,123 oil spills since 2000, with no company having to pay more than £20,000 Oil companies operating in the North Sea have been fined for oil spills on just seven occasions since 2000, even though 4,123 separate spills were recorded over the same period, …
Four Nigerian villagers took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Thursday in a landmark pollution case that campaigners said could open the door to more compensation claims against international companies. The fishermen and farmers, together with the Friends of the Earth campaign group, accuse the oil major of polluting land …
Italian oil firm Eni said on Saturday an oil spill near its facilities in the Niger Delta had been contained, but local people said the pollution had spread and damaged their fishing. Eni said the spill occurred last week about 10 km (six miles) from the Obama flowstation in Bayelsa …
Canada's Mackenzie River basin needs better protection as a vast northern "refrigerator" slowing global climate change, experts said on Monday. Canada's longest river also needs a unifying plan to oversee water quality, wildlife and oil pollution that would be similar to European Union directives governing rivers such as the Rhine …
General Manager of Marine Environmental Protection Authority of Sri Lanka Rear Admiral S.R. Samaratunge says that the oil slick from the Cypress flagged cargo ship MV Thermopylae Sierra sank off the coast of Panadura cannot be contained. He told media that the exact place of the oil leak could not …
A Cyprus ship that was anchored in the sea off Sri Lanka's west coast for some time pending the outcome of a court case has sunk completely creating a threat of severe sea pollution due to fuel in the ship's tanks. The Director General of Commercial Shipping of the Ministry …
Samudra Paheredar designed to mitigate marine oil spills Samudra Paheredar, the indigenously built second pollution control vessel, specially designed to mitigate any marine oil spill, received a warm welcome from the Coast Guard fraternity on its arrival at Chennai Port on Tuesday. Receiving the vessel Coast Guard Region (East) Commander …
The Environment Agency may have found the source of a major oil spill which covered 13 km of the River Aire between Leeds and Castleford. The Environment Agency was first alerted to the oil flowing into the River Aire at Water Lane, Leeds on Saturday August 18. Mark West of …
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government will raise the issue of releasing a portion of money collected asoilcess and depositedin the Central government coffers. The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) collects 50 paise per ton from crude oil carriers asoilcess and has deposited nearly Rs 5 crore with the Centre till date. GMB officials …
