Crude oil imported to the U.S. from the Amazon, most of which gets refined in California, is driving expansion of oil operations into the rainforest, according to a new report.…
n Wednesday of last week, Ecuador began pumping its first crude oil from the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block in Yasuní National Park, believed to be one, if not the most, biodiverse…
On May 12, an estimated 2,100 barrels of oil — about 88,200 gallons — spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil had leaked from an undersea pipeline system operated…
n July 1914 oil drilling activities were formally initiated in the state of Zulia, in western Venezuela, with the opening of the historic Zumaque I oil well on the east…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown reef ecosystem at the mouth of the Amazon River, and they’re warning that plans to drill for oil nearby could put the reef at…
Natural World Heritage Sites represent areas that have some of the richest biodiversity, natural beauty and geology in the world. But these sites of “outstanding universal value”, that cover only…
America's Atlantic coast will remain off limits for oil and gas drilling for now. Following uproar from coastal communities and environmental groups, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was reversing its…
o offshore oil exploration will be permitted along the Belize Barrier Reef or within the country's seven World Heritage Site areas, the government of Belize announced this month. The UNESCO…
cuador’s troubled relationship with oil began in 1964, when Texaco first discovered ‘black gold’ in the Eastern Amazon. That discovery led to some times violent cultural clashes between modern society…
The latest weird effect from climate change [Washington Post] Climate change is affecting wildlife in a lot of serious, and sometimes even weird, ways. Scientists have revealed another weird effect:…
il company Shell announced today that it will seal and abandon its exploration well in the Chukchi Sea, and will end its controversial quest for oil in Alaskan waters. The…
hen the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform burst into flame more than five years ago, it set off a chain of events that resulted in over two hundred million gallons of…
A Chinese company is planning a 24-year drilling project in a major national park in Argentina, attracting condemnation from conservation groups and local communities.
A mud volcano responsible for displacing more than 40,000 people in Indonesia's East Java province was caused by an oil and gas company owned by one of the country's richest…
Chukchi, where the proposed exporatory drilling is to take place, is home to about 2,000 polar bears. The species is currently declining as global warming melts the sea ice on…
A controlled burning of Macondo well oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster that rose to the ocean surface. [Credit: David Valentine] Images from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster endure, from…
Satellite data shows recent increase in forest loss alerts in areas near oil development Yasuni National park has been in the conservation spotlight in recent years, with oil drilling threatening…
Aerial view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru. The mine, which was cut of the Amazon rainforest, has been blamed for large-scale environmental damage and social problems, including…
What does SOCO's withdrawal really mean for the future of Virunga National Park? - Part II. Read part I here. "SOCO is pleased that we were able to work together…
Virunga, SOCO and Great Apes – which will win out? - Part 1 Recent headlines have touted an agreement between SOCO International, a British oil company, and WWF, as bringing…
