oil spill

Arctic deep sea oil: Cairn Energy oil spill response plan missing

Submitted by takver on Sat, 11/06/2011 - 6:56pm

Activists from Greenpeace have been harassing the drilling program of Cairn Energy in the Arctic off the Greenland coast citing the lack of a publicly available oil spill response plan for drilling in the sensitive Arctic environment. Cairn Energy, an Edinburgh registered company, is presently involved in exploratory deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic in the Davis Strait (Iceberg Alley).

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
oil
arctic
Greenpeace
oil spill
Greenland

Conservationists criticise government over coal ship grounding on Great Barrier Reef

Submitted by takver on Mon, 05/04/2010 - 8:14pm

Conservationists have criticised the Queensland State Government and Federal Government for the expansion of LNG and coal for export without acknowledging the environmental harm that will be caused both on land and sea by these industries. Chinese bulk coal carrier the Shen Neng 1 grounded on a reef, is leaking oil and in danger of breakup in a restricted zone about 70km east of Great Keppel Island. It grounded just after 5pm Saturday April 3, 15km from the nearest shipping channel in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, a World Heritage listed area.

Geography: 
Queensland
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Feature
Keywords: 
coal
Great Barrier Reef
China
oil spill