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Oil spills
June 2024
North Sea oil and gas firm Perenco failing to seal old wells, documents show
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Oceans group takes UK government to court over oil and gas licences
April 2024
‘Russia doesn’t care’: Sweden sounds alarm over unsafe oil fleet
Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels
March 2024
Officials investigating 2.5-mile long oil sheen off southern California coast
Sinking of Rubymar in Red Sea poses grave environmental risks, experts warn
February 2024
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Trinidad and Tobago: overturned barge leaks oil into Caribbean Sea – video report
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea
Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency
Upturned and largely submerged vessel of unknown origin is leaking hydrocarbon off south-west coast or Tobago
November 2023
US Coast Guard looking for source of pipeline leak in Gulf of Mexico
A 67-mile long line was closed last Thursday after after an estimated 1m gallons of crude oil was released
Greens say CSIRO’s independence must be protected after alleged collaboration with BP
Exclusive: Australian scientific agency rejects ‘ghostwriting’ claims made by US law firm representing victims of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Baltic Sea faces ‘critical challenges’ on climate and biodiversity, report warns
Audit finds ‘little to no improvement’ in health of sea between 2016 and 2021, as Swedish coastguard battles oil spill
October 2023
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Venezuelans handpick plastic and rake up oil in bid to save Lake Maracaibo – video
Firms will hesitate to invest in UK after Sunak’s climate U-turns, says Mark Carney
September 2023
Biden to sell three oil and gas leases over five years, angering climate advocates
The trade in sanctioned oil is booming as the US turns a blind eye
August 2023
Seascape: the state of our oceans
The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding
Yemen: UN removes 1m barrels of oil from ageing tanker to avert environmental catastrophe
July 2023
ClientEarth loses high court fight with Shell over climate strategy
Environmental law charity claims energy firm cannot achieve net zero goal with current transition plan
June 2023
US government toughens rules on chemicals used to break up oil slicks
Environmental activists sued EPA to update regulations, after thousands of people sickened from Deepwater Horizon cleanup
May 2023
The age of extinction
Filipino activists appeal to British banks over region devastated by oil spill
Environmentalists from the Philippines urge investors to avoid LNG projects which they say threaten the Verde Island Passage
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