Documenting dissent

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

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Report blames aquaculture activities for Olpad incident

Water had been gushing out from the ground since first week of June

Checking with the past

Studying old weather could help in predicting new oil deposits

Locals oppose petrochemical project plan in Odisha’s Kendrapara over green concerns

Water use for the PCPIR will effect mangroves, Mahanadi river; Area already prone to disasters due to climate change, say environmentalists

Oil price hike: quick-fix measures wont work

Polar potential

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Reviving East Timbalier

Furore over seeds

Trouble in frying pan

Whose responsibility is it anyway?

Two years after the Supreme Court directed the setting up of two independent fuel testing centres in Delhi, one is yet to be commissioned

UK miffed at India turning down its climate change offer

Highest mortality year for dolphins, whales

US authorities investigating if stranding incidents linked to BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 10, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Deepwater Horizon spill: Dispersant more toxic to corals than oil

Following the spill, coral populations were coated with a dark-coloured flocculent slime that was found to contain oil from the spill and …

World’s 60 largest banks pumped $5.5 trillion into fossil fuels after the Paris Agreement: Report

$673 billion spent on fossil fuel financing in just 2022; clean energy finance has been largely stagnant

Bush discards green

US President George Bush calls for a steep hike in the production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy and drilling for oil and gas in Alaska

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