With reef ecosystems, it may be all or nothing

By DAVID JOLLY4 March 2012 There might just be something to the idea of marine reserves, a recent survey of the Mediterranean Sea suggests. Scientists led by Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and a marine ecologist with the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes in Spain, studied rocky reefs around Mediterranean shores, comparing places […]

48 days after Chevron rig explosion, fear grips Nigeria communities

By Emma Amaize and Sam Oyadongha2 March 2012 Forty-eight days after the January 16, Chevron Nigeria Limited, rig gas explosion in Bayelsa State, natives of Koluama I, Koluama II, Tamazo, Ebidouama and other communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state are now living in fear of being submerged because of the effects […]

Drought conditions in England ‘set to widen’

24 February 2012 (BBC) – Ongoing dry weather over the spring and summer threatens to place more areas of England in a state of drought, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned [pdf]. It singled out parts of western, central and south western England and parts of south east Yorkshire. The agency said time was running […]

Nigeria president visits village near Chevron gas rig fire that has raged for weeks

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press27 February 2012 KOLUAMA 2, Nigeria – Nigeria’s president attempted to calm anger in villages Monday near a Chevron Corp. offshore natural gas rig that has been engulfed in a raging fire for weeks, though no official could say when the inferno will be extinguished. President Goodluck Jonathan offered few […]

Biggest fishing scam in Scots history: ‘Greedy and shameful’ fishermen fined £720 thousand after stealing £47.5 million of fish

  By Lewis Smith, fish2fork news24 February 2012 Seventeen captains of fishing boats involved in a £47.5million ‘black fish’ scam have been fined £720,000 and told they brought shame on the industry. The skippers had landed mackerel and herring in Lerwick and made false declarations about the quantities so that they could avoid reaching their […]

Texas drought eases, but it’s too late for some – Drought worsens in western U.S.

By Andrew Freedman25 February 2012 (Climate Central) – Defying seasonal climate forecasts, this winter has been very good to Texas, which has been locked in the grips of one of the worst droughts in state history. But the unexpectedly generous winter storms have come too late for some, since water supplies are still running low. […]

Nigeria gas rig explosion: State assembly tasks Chevron over relief materials

By Osa Okhomina24 February 2012 The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed a two-point resolution calling on the federal government and Chevron Nigeria Limited to send relief materials and medical teams immediately to all the communities affected by the recent gas explosion at Koluama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State. Chevron, […]

Video: World Bank forms partnership to rescue troubled oceans

SINGAPORE, 24 February 2012 (ENS) – The World Bank today announced the Global Partnership for Oceans, gathering governments, scientists, advocacy organizations, the private sector, and international public institutions to confront the increasingly urgent issues of over-fishing, marine degradation, and habitat loss. “Oceans are the lifeblood of our world,” said World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, […]

Chevron Nigeria gas well fire ‘may burn for months’ – ‘Like watching a volcano erupting, fire spewing in every direction’

By Mark Lobel, BBC News22 February 2012 A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, Chevron has told the BBC. Two workers died after January’s explosion at the KS Endeavour exploration rig, owned by the US firm. Friends of the Earth […]

Chevron begins drilling relief well to extinguish Nigeria rig fire

By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku21 February 2012 Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has begun the process of drilling a relief well to seal the Funiwa 1A natural gas well. According to a statement by the company, the relief well is being drilled to extinguish a fire that began January 16 at the original well, located approximately six miles […]

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