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Oil

Topic | May 27, 2010 at 17:33

The New Zealand Government is inviting oil companies like Petrobras to drill in some of New Zealand’s deepest coastal waters. East Cape iwi Te Whānau-ā-Apanui have called on the rest of New Zealand to join them in defending the spectacular East...

Oil

Topic | May 27, 2010 at 17:33

Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling rig operated by BP, blew up on April 20th 2010, and sank two days later. The oil spill that ensued is the largest accidental spill in history.

Quarterly - 2010.3&4

Background | February 14, 2011 at 10:37

Victory for Finland's forests. Read how a 10-year long campaign to protect Finland's ancient forests has met with success.

It’s arithmetic: $4.5 billion is small change for BP

Blog entry by Mark Floegel | November 16, 2012 8 comments

Let me apologise in advance for all the numbers that follow, but they’re important. Eleven men died on Deepwater Horizon the night BP's Macondo well blew out in April 2010.  It's one number we shouldn't forget and no number can be...

Watching Obama at the Whitehouse on Facebook

Blog entry by Brian | May 28, 2010

It was great to see Obama saying some very strong stuff about BP, the oil industry, and the future of energy in America last night. It was great to see him defer further permits on offshore oil drilling, not so great to see him fail...

Putting Obama's Arctic drilling announcement in perspective

Blog entry by JulietteH | May 28, 2010 2 comments

Originally posted by Greenpeace US . The news today out of Washington has been somewhat promising, but these are small steps in a very long march towards a clean energy economy — an economy with none of the potential for...

Arctic drilling - not this year, not ever?

Blog entry by JulietteH | May 27, 2010 1 comment

Like most people following closely news of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, it didn’t escape us this morning that the Obama administration had leaked news that Arctic drilling plans will be suspended for this summer. Like less...

What a difference six months can make

Blog entry by JulietteH | October 21, 2010 6 comments

Six months. It's been six months since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico took fire, blew and sank, causing the biggest accidental oil spill in history. It certainly feels like longer. Was it really six months ago...

Sleeping through the wake-up call

Blog entry by JulietteH | June 23, 2010 1 comment

As I saw the news this morning that a judge in Louisiana has overturned the moratorium on deepwater drilling, I had the distinct feeling I live on a different planet from that judge. He called the moratorium “arbitrary and capricious”.

Now make it permanent!

Blog entry by JulietteH | May 28, 2010

I guess my pessimism yesterday was not justified. We haven't won the war, but we won the battle for this year on offshore drilling in the United States. All plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean have been suspended, there...

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