How microbes may help clean up oil spills in Iraq

The soil bacteria is fed with nutrients from manure and bulking agents like wood chips and water, to thrive in and then break down petroleum

Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics

Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer

Chennai oil spill: planning, assessment and action inadequate

The extent of ecological and economic damange is yet to be known and coordination between the maritime board, the state disaster response …

Ecuadorians lose $9.5-billion pollution case against US company

The US company is likely to leverage the new ruling to avoid paying any compensation to victims.

The oil bully

Book>> Private Empire, Exxonmobil And American Power • Steve Coll • Penguin • Rs 1,150

New Hampshire battles against oil giants

New Hampshire has become the first state in the US to take on oil giants such as ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco over widespread contamination of …

Spill repeats itself

With the 1989 Exxon leak still trickling oil, the Gulf of Mexico puts scientists in the worst fix  

Fish take oil spills to heart

2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers

Bare facts

Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is …

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

Is Arctic rush worth it?

With Shell's proposed oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea, we revisit the potential impact of exploring oil, natural gas, minerals and fish …

Documenting dissent

DECOMMISSIONING THE BRENT SPAR·Tony Rice and Paula Owen·E & FN SPON (An Imprint of Routledge), 1999·182pp

CPCB penalty to industries at Mahul, Ambapada pave way for polluter-pays principle

Report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board penalising the industries based on their quantum of pollution is a roadmap for better …

‘The Persian Gulf is a sensitive issue in Iran’

Amir Masoud Aghababaeian is an Iranian film-maker, originally from Isfahan and based in Tehran. He is the director of ‘Mermaid’, a …

Huge slick

Oil on Tate’s face

Museum>> Oil ÔÇó London

Taxing time for Texaco

EXONERATED

Sugar coated pill for shell

Paradise threatened

Oil at sea

The forbears of BP’s recent oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico

Pollution in news on May 9

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Slick burning bright

Floating picket line

The future folding into itself