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Report claims nearly 80% of oil from BP spill remains

The BP oil saga may have been laying low in the media recently, but a new report sheds a disturbing light on the ongoing environmental impacts of the spill. According to the report, released by the Georgia Sea Grant and the University of Georgia, up to 79 percent of the ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team last month, about Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water

This is what happens when BP spills coffee

It's been an astonishing two months since BP had the biggest 'whoops' moment in oil procurement history. Or not astonishing if you talk about the progress made since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20th.To help you understand BP's actions since the spill, check ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert in June, about Celebrities, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water

How much does it take to plug an oil leak?

NZ$28 billion apparently.It’s been just over eight weeks since the explosion of a BP drill rig sent barrels and barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Estimates range from just over 1000 barrels per day to a whopping 21, 500, depending on whom you talk ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert in June, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, Pollution, Water

BP goes deeper into mire

If it was at all possible, BP managed to hit a fresh low yesterday with news the oil giant has now lost half its market share value and is using paid search terms to influence public opinion.Reports that leakage from its ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico may ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in June, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters (3 comments)

Glimmer of hope in slick debacle

A containment cap placed over BP’s ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seems to be doing the trick to halt further spillage into the vast slick.  Around 10,000 barrels of oil had been trapped and funnelled to a ship on the surface in the cap's ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in June, about Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution

EEZ legislation to be prodded for holes

A review of legislation for the country’s potentially lucrative Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is on the cards, says Environment Minister Nick Smith.Speaking at this morning’s Environmental Defence Society conference in Auckland,  Smith said a lack of proper environmental review process for the EEZ – which reaches out to ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in June, about Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government

Bad timing for Brownlee's good news

If timing is everything, it seems the New Zealand Government has not quite mastered the art.A day after BP admitted its fourth attempt to halt the gush of oil from its ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico had failed, Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee announced the ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in June, about Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters (11 comments)

Oil spill set to gain unwanted mantle

BP has warned that the gushing leak from its Macondo well on the Gulf Coast may not be stopped until August but deny scientists claims that additional leaks have sprung.Now into its 43rd day, the spill – having already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the largest in US history ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in June, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters (1 comment)

BP, James BP

Some sort-of-good news from the rapidly-history making environmental disaster zone that is BP’s ruptured Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. With an approach which sounds like something from a Bond film, engineers seem to have made a breakthrough in stemming the flow of oil with what is being ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in May, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters

Gulf oil spill - between the Devil and the deep blue sea

For BP in the Gulf of Mexico, it never rains but it pours. The company is still trying to bring the ocean oil gusher it has unleashed, and has now been told it must radically reduce the huge amount of chemical agents it is dropping into the sea to disperse ... keep reading

Written by Celsias team in May, about Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

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