News tagged with arctic oil
Greenpeace activists arrested after Sweden protest
(AP) -- Swedish police on Thursday arrested six Greenpeace activists after they boarded an icebreaker off Sweden's southeast coast, forcing authorities to tow the ship it back into land.
May 03, 2012 |
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Oil spilled in Russian Arctic
An oil spill in the Russian Arctic affected an area of up to 8,000 square meters after workers tried to open an old well, causing oil to gush uncontrollably for 37 hours, officials said Monday.
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Russia blames TNK-BP for massive oil leaks
Russia's environment minister on Thursday blamed Russian-British oil company TNK-BP for causing massive oil pollution in a resource-rich Siberian region and failing to invest in its infrastructure.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Oil versus fish in idyllic Norwegian islands
Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Canada unveils Arctic drilling rules
Canada's energy regulator rolled out new rules on Thursday allowing for alternative ways to deal quickly with blowouts in the Arctic other than drilling relief wells.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Greenpeace hijacks oil firms' Greenland talks
Greenpeace activists on Thursday diverted oil executives from a meeting on prospecting possibilities off Greenland and instead gave them a 20-minute environmental lecture, the group said.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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New US offshore oil leasing plan includes Arctic
The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed a new plan for offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, including the environmentally sensitive Arctic.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf
Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in new research.
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Da Vinci sketch recreated on melting Arctic ice
An artist has recreated Leonardo da Vinci's most famous sketch "Vitruvian Man" in the Arctic ice to draw attention to the ice melt, Greenpeace said Wednesday.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Greenpeace activists arrested on Arctic oil rig
Eighteen Greenpeace activists who scaled an oil rig off Greenland to protest oil prospecting in the Arctic were on Saturday arrested by police, the environmental group said.
Jun 05, 2011 |
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Greenpeace activists climb Greenland oil rig
(AP) -- Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters, the environmental ...
May 29, 2011 |
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Change is the order of the day in the Arctic
Climate change in the Arctic is occurring at a faster and more drastic rate than previously assumed, according to experts attending the AMAP conference in Copenhagen. The latest scientific data show that developments in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2011 |
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US not ready for Arctic oil drilling, say officials
The United States is ill-equipped to deal with a major oil catastrophe in Alaska, the Coast Guard admiral who led the US response to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and others have warned.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms
BP's deal with Rosneft to jointly explore the Arctic's huge oil and gas reserves sets out a new frontier in the race for resources, but one that is dogged by technical and environmental concerns.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Russia's Arctic holds 100 Bln tons of oil, gas
(AP) -- Russia's Arctic territories are estimated to contain up to 100 billion tons of oil and gas and the nation needs to defend its claim to those riches, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2010 |
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