Fracking sucks up all the water from Texas town
Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no…
Oil Drilling News
NGOs call on Obama Administration to suspend Arctic oil drilling after series of blunders
Approximate site of preliminarily approved drilling by Shell in the Chukchi Sea. Pink outline is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Image made with Google Earth. A coalition of 17…
Arctic oil rig runs aground
On Monday night, an oil drilling rig owned by Dutch Royal Shell ran aground on Sitkalidak Island in southern Alaska, prompting fears of an oil spill. As of yesterday no…
Greenpeace abandons occupation of Arctic oil drilling rig after workers throw metal at them
UPDATE: After failing to slow down Gazprom by occupying its oil rig, Greenpeace is trying a different tact: activists have now attached their boat to a Gazprom passenger vessel preventing…
Vietnam buys stakes in controversial oil blocks threatening Peru’s most vulnerable indigenous people
A portion of Block 67 which runs up against the border of Ecuador as viewed by Google Earth. Vietnam's state oil and gas company, PetroVietnam Exploration and Production (PVEP), has…
Greenpeace activists occupy icebreaker set for Arctic drilling
Approximate site of exploratory drilling by Shell in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. Pink outline is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Shell is also hoping to drill in the neighboring…
Oil company Perenco endangering ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people, says Peru
A Perenco boat in the Amazon. Photo courtesy of David Hill. The company hoping to exploit the oil deposits slated to transform Peru’s economy has been declared to be endangering…
BP Deepwater Horizon deformities: eyeless shrimp, clawless crabs
BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from space. Photo by: NASA's Terra Satellite. Two years after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing…
Photos: camera traps reveal oil’s unexpected impact on Arctic birds
An Arctic fox charging a greater white-fronted goose nest defended by the adults, in the Prudhoe Bay oilfields. Photo by: WCS. A study in the Alaskan Arctic, employing camera traps,…
Obama administration opens more of the Arctic to drilling
Approximate location of Chukchi Lease 193 as seen on Google Earth, though the lease spans nearly 30 million acres. The Chukchi Sea is north of the Bering Straight. On the…
Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserve
Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced over the weekend that there will be no oil exploration in the award-winning Seaflower Biosphere Reserve and Marine Protected Area (MPA). Spreading over 65,000…
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Endangered environmentalists
- Arson attack in Indonesia leaves activist shaken
- For embattled environmental defenders, a reprieve of sorts in 2018
- 7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres
Indonesias forest guardians
- In West Papua, a development plan that doesn’t require clearing forest
- Smartphone app helps indigenous communities fight deforestation
- Papuan chef Charles Toto serves up sustainability and environmental protection in a platter
Amazon infrastructure
- Amazon at risk: Brazil plans rapid road and rail infrastructure expansion
- New appointments, new policies don’t bode well for Brazilian Amazon
- Will President Bolsonaro withdraw Brazil from the Paris Agreement? (commentary)
Asian rhinos
- Nepal court blocks road construction in rhino stronghold of Chitwan Park
- Conservation couture: Batik artisans make rhinos a fashion statement
- Rhinos or roads? Nepal deals with a tricky balancing act
