Oil firm given go-ahead for Canary Islands drilling Anger at Spanish government’s decision to allow drilling 60km from Lanzarote and Fuerteventura Share408 reddit this Comments (38) Giles Tremlett in Madrid guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 March 2012 13.36 GMT Article history Playa Papagayo beach in Lanzarote. Opponents of the drilling warn an oil spill would wreck beaches Continue Reading →
David Attenborough urges business to protect nature from population boom Corporations have a leading role to play to make sure ‘mankind doesn’t spread willy nilly over every square yard of the globe’, says naturalist Share211 reddit this Lewis Smith guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 January 2012 12.16 GMT Article history A crowded beach in Brighton … the Continue Reading →
Ireland oil strike raises hopes for exploration boom Providence Resources boss Tony O’Reilly Junior said: ‘I think this discovery also creates a reappraisal in the minds of global oil corporations about coming back to Irish waters to drill for oil’ Share238 reddit this Comments (35) Henry McDonald in Dublin guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 March 2012 15.51 Continue Reading →
Shell agrees shale gas deal in China Oil company signs production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corporation to develop a shale gas block Share26 reddit this Reuters guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 March 2012 17.39 GMT Article history Shell have agreed a production gas deal with China which is in the early stages of tapping its Continue Reading →
Water wars between countries could be just around the corner, Davey warns Energy secretary tells conference that growing pressure on water resources could worsen existing war and lead to new ones Share358 reddit this Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 March 2012 19.12 GMT Article history A member of the Karo tribe by the Continue Reading →
News 4 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Critical KoodankulamDeccan ChronicleAfter a devastating combination of a magnitude 9 earthquake and a 14-metre high tsunami in Fukushima broke the defences of the Daichi nuclear power plant on that day, causing reactors to blow up and spill dangerous levels of radioactivity into the air, …See Continue Reading →