However, these activities can have serious impacts on the fragile arctic environment. One of the major risks is accidental oil spills, which can have long-lasting consequences on the marine and ...

These new shipping lanes come with danger. Many ships are not equipped to deal with the harsh Arctic waters. "An oil spill or some other toxic accident on that route is inevitable," says Amanda ...

While these circumstances could well be considered a failure of sorts, they could just as easily be seen as par for the course, as the extraction of Arctic oil and gas ranks among the most expensive ...

Neighboring Finland had said it was preparing for a possible oil spill and accused Russian authorities ... Emergency authorities delivered pumps from the Arctic city of Murmansk to begin the ...

Deep in the Arctic and Antarctic ... Q: My barber sends hair clippings to organizations that use them to soak up oil spills. Does that work? What other tricks are used? — Claire Bugos | Evanston ...

“Cleaning up an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean is impossible and could devastate cultural and ecological keystone species like bowhead whales,” said Freeman. “Hilcorp’s record of spills, leaks, and ...

However, the ban includes a transitional arrangement that gives shipping companies time to adapt while simultaneously protecting the Arctic from oil spills. It allows ships with protected fuel ...

Quininde (Ecuador) (AFP) – An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency and order residents to ration drinking water.

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill ... Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama administration approves Arctic drilling ahead of ...

Alaska’s northern frontier and Arctic Ocean waters are teeming with species found in few other places, and many of them are now under threat from the oil industry and its enablers. Nearly all Arctic ...

Greenpeace has today (3 August) held the opening recital of a month-long run of musical protests against Arctic oil drilling taking place ... An inexpensive method of cleaning up oil spills which also ...