PAKISTAN

Sugar coated pill for shell

Crude threat

Paradise threatened

Gagged

Unprotective Shell

Oil is fatal

Master exploiter strikes again

Critical state

Oil at sea

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

Neduvasal will protest against hydrocarbon extraction

In Neduvasal, a village in the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu, villagers are protesting against the extraction of hydrocarbons from their …

Fuel fracas

An US Environment Protection Agency decision has added fuel to the fire in the row between the American oil industry and ethanol producers

Exploring a deep gusher

Discovering Mars, a tantalisingly vast oilfield beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, is petroleum giant Shell's big achievement, and the …

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

In whose interest? Close to 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists present at COP28 climate talks, reveals analysis

Lobbyists outnumber official indigenous representatives by over seven times, says coalition Kick Big Polluters Out

In Court

Don’t eat the rainforests: Top brands complicit in Indonesia’s ecosystem destruction, probe alleges

Companies procuring oil from and financing the Royal Golden Eagle, which set up palm oil and pulp plantations in Indonesia, finds investigation

East African oil project will disrupt ecosystems, exacerbate global climate crisis: Report

The project will result in the permanent eviction of over 100,000 people in Tanzania and Uganda

Oil explorers ready to withdraw

Many oil companies in Myanmar are pulling out of expensive but fruitless exploriation projects, dashing the military regime's hopes of future oil …

ONGC's seismic surveys in Assam affect heritage monuments

How surging oil prices threaten world’s climate goals

Over half carbon dioxide emitted from fussil fuel burning in 2020 was from oil, natural gas

Baghjan blowout: NGT directs Assam government to pay aid to affected families

OIL has deposited Rs 90.8 crores with Tinsukia district administration, which may impact 2,195 affected village residents living near the blowout …

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