by faster | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: June 16, 2020 SNIP: More than a century of oil and gas drilling has left behind millions of abandoned wells, many of which are leaching pollutants into the air and water. And drilling companies are likely to abandon many more wells due to...
by faster | Nov 3, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: November 3, 2019 SNIP: A surge of oil production is coming, whether the world needs it or not. The flood of crude will arrive even as concerns about climate change are growing and worldwide oil demand is slowing. And it is not coming from...
by faster | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Radio New Zealand DATE: February 27, 2019 SNIP: An environmental disaster is unfolding in Solomon Islands, on the island of Rennell, with tonnes of oil spilling into an internationally-significant marine reserve. In Kangava Bay, the azure waters have been...
by faster | Nov 23, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Energy Mix DATE: November 23, 2018 SNIP: Newfoundland and Labrador has no hope of cleaning up from its worst-ever oil spill, after stormy waters off the east coast broke up at least two ocean oil sheens to the point that 250,000 litres of toxic material...
by faster | Oct 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: October 21, 2018 SNIP: An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history. Between 300...
