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Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly ... keep reading
Written by Daniel Graeber this week, about Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Corporate Citizenship, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Law, Ocean, Politics & Government, Pollution
While the both oil and gas industry and environmentalists continue to study the benefits and potential dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, some companies have forged ahead to develop new, more powerful fracking techniques. Dubbed “super fracking” by Bloomberg.com , energy industry researchers are working on new ways to create ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Earthquake, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
China's Five Year Plan takes the restoration of a good environment and fixing the massive environmental pollution they have created, seriously. Last week five cities and two provinces to institute limits on GHG emissions. The first implementation plan has been drawn up by Guandong Province, China's largest GHG ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution
Bulgaria has just recently joined Brazil and Nigeria as countries in which oil giant Chevron are experiencing problems. I say this following the announcement that the US oil company has been prohibited from developing shale gas reserves via the process of hydraulic fracturing. They were initially granted a permit to ... keep reading
Written by James Burgess last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Earthquake, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
New York's emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, environmentally sensitive areas and gas industry workers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed state officials. The EPA's comments, in a series of letters this ... keep reading
Written by ProPublica/Joaquin Sapien last month, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, waste, Water
Locals from the Mataura area talk about their fears from the massive ( billion tonne) lignite mining operation Solid Energy has in store for us all. These fears include loss of good productive farmland, pollution of the water, and health impacts .Lignite is a very low quality coal , one of the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Chemicals, Children and Families, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
A new study by a team of international scientists and led by a NASA climate scientist reports that inexpensive and relatively simple measures to cut two key pollutants could dramatically slow global warming, improve health, and boost crop production worldwide. For years climate-change efforts have focused on reducing carbon dioxide ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Sustainability
As reported in the NZ Herald "The Government is planning "significant" changes to the Crown Minerals Act next year to make it easier for miners to explore and then extract minerals, and it will consult the public and industry soon. The Government has indicated for some time that it intends ... keep reading
Written by Andrew C last month, about Coal & Oil, Conservation, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
This summer sparks a call for help to identify purple loosestrife. In a combined effort with Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council, DOC is asking local landowners for sightings of Lythrum salicaria, commonly known as purple loosestrife. Once popular for planting alongside residential ponds and streams, purple loosestrife has jumped ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Conservation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution
A warning from the New York Times that could so easily have been written with New Zealand in mind: "More than 30 countries, including China, India and Pakistan, are now considering fracking for natural gas or oil, and the surge in gas production has spurred interest in building pipelines and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
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