oil drilling

Barack Obama Permanently Bans Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in Arctic and Atlantic

Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the "vast majority" of US-owned northern waters. The outgoing…

8 years ago

Greenpeace activists accused by Russia of piracy in Arctic

Around 30 Greenpeace activists have been accused by Russian prosecutors of piracy and will be prosecuted for trying to board…

11 years ago

Yasuni-ITT Initiative: Ecuador approves oil drilling in Amazon rainforest

The Ecuadorian conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of…

11 years ago

First Kenyan oil discovery after Tullow Oil drilling

Kenya has announced discovery of oil for the first time in the country after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow…

13 years ago