Oil

The world’s persistent dependence on oil continues to be one of the biggest challenges to preventing climate change and maintaining environmental integrity worldwide. This section explores the global oil industry and the challenges it presents to advancing a robust ecological agenda.

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Oil

February 9, 2011 Climate change, Gas, Oil

The future for Arctic counties: Oil and gas bonanza or environmental catastrophe?

MURMANSK – Whether Russia and Norway are prepared to cooperate on Arctic oil and gas fields and what kinds of challenged and environmental […]

The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to oil spills (Frontpage ingress image)

January 28, 2011 Arctic, Climate change, Oil

The European Parliament calls for ban on heavy fuel oil on ships in the Arctic

The European Parliament calls for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to ban the use of heavy fuel oil on ships in Arctic waters […]

November 19, 2010 Oil

Damning report on handling of near disaster on Norwegian oil platform prompts Bellona to petition a police investigation

There was a real danger of a gas explosion on the Gullfaks C platform in May, something Statoil did not understand or want to take […]

November 10, 2010 Gas, Nuclear Russia, Oil, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Bellona President Hauge sums up his visit to Murmansk

MURMANSK – Bellona President Frederic Hauge visited the Murmansk Region Duma on an official invitation from local parliament’s speaker, […]

October 28, 2010 Oil

Presidential oil spill panel casts first stone of blame for Deepwater Horizon blowout as Gulf residents struggle against fatal dispersant related illnesses

Halliburton knew the cement mixture it used in BP PLC’s ill-fated well in the Gulf of Mexico was unstable two months before the April […]

Oil

Oil

The future for Arctic counties: Oil and gas bonanza or environmental catastrophe?

The European Parliament calls for ban on heavy fuel oil on ships in the Arctic

Damning report on handling of near disaster on Norwegian oil platform prompts Bellona to petition a police investigation

Bellona President Hauge sums up his visit to Murmansk

Presidential oil spill panel casts first stone of blame for Deepwater Horizon blowout as Gulf residents struggle against fatal dispersant related illnesses

Joint Paper: Laying the Foundations for a Net Zero Society

Policy Brief: Recycled Carbon Fuels in the Renewable Energy Directive