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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.

BRAZIL

Ecocall

Nigeria demands safety report on oil pipelines

BRAZIL

Skating away

Himachal Pradesh clears ski village project

Ridleys in danger

Their young ones may not find food near shore

Clipped wings

Birds under threat from illegal dumping of bilge on Canadian coast

In court

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 …

Bad to worse

In Court

Bytes

Spill repeats itself

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

SOUTH AFRICA

Pay up time

Clean-up time

Coochie-cooing for oilspills

Morocco lifts ban on Spanish fishing boats

Grant to save Syrian seas

Coastal invasion

Oil waste litters Gujarat seafront

Fish take oil spills to heart

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

Slipping out of the mess