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Transboundary agreement spells disaster for the Gulf

Media release | February 22, 2012 at 12:58

In response to the United States and Mexico signing an agreement to develop oil and gas reservoirs that cross the international maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Mexico Greenpeace United States and Mexico have signed...

Deepwater Horizon - One Year On

Publication | April 20, 2011 at 1:30

On March 31, three weeks before the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, President Barack Obama announced plans to open offshore oil drilling along the east coast of the United States from Virginia to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, ending a...

Greenpeace confronts reckless oil exploration

Feature story | August 12, 2010 at 11:11

Greenpeace is sending two ships to the frontiers of the world's oil problem. The mission of the Esperanza is clear: to confront the kind of reckless oil exploration that keeps wrecking our environment. In the Gulf of Mexico the Arctic Sunrise...

Burgeoning oil disaster exposes need for immediate halt to new offshore oil

Media release | May 13, 2010 at 18:00

While news reports reveal official estimates may be underestimating the quantity of oil spreading into the Gulf of Mexico, Greenpeace is on the Gulf Coast conducting independent assessment of the environmental impacts and calling for an immediate...

Gulf oil spill

Feature story | June 14, 2010 at 18:00

The Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster unfolding before our eyes. Eleven lives were lost in the initial explosion, and that incalculable loss is compounded daily as oil continues to flow.

Offshore Drilling – It’s NOT the Answer to High Gas Prices at the Pump

Feature story | August 3, 2008 at 18:00

Record high gas prices have been making the news headlines for the past few months. Each week gas prices top the previous week, resulting in a new all-time high. Unless you are fortunate enough to live, work and play within walking distance from...

Arctic Drilling Next?

Feature story | May 26, 2010 at 18:00

Even as BP's oil continues to spew unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, Shell is pushing forward with plans for exploratory drilling off Alaska's arctic coast. If Shell had its way, drilling would have begun as early as July.

Science in the Gulf: The Arctic Sunrise Tour

Publication | August 30, 2010 at 14:08

Several teams of independent scientists are joining the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to investigate the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, to conduct a series of scientific research programs that will further understanding of the...

The BP Oil Spill is Not Over

Publication | August 30, 2010 at 14:01

On August 4th 2010, the US government claimed that most of the oil that spilled in the Gulf of Mexico was "gone" and that only 26 percent remained. If the numbers are true - and most official reports so far have turned out to substantially undere...

Ecological Impacts

Page | May 21, 2010 at 10:29

The ecological impacts of the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill are rapidly escalating as BP’s oil well leaks between 5,000 – 60,000 barrels (210, 000 – 2,520,000 gallons) of crude oil each day into Gulf of Mexico. The spill,...

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