Chad halts lake’s world heritage status request over oil exploration
Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
Tag: Oil spills
At least 40 dolphins die in area hit by Mauritius oil spill
Causes of death yet to be confirmed as witness describes last moments of one dolphin
Crews prepare to sink Mauritius spill ship despite opposition
MV Wakashio has split in two and leaked a thousand tonnes of oil into the water since it ran aground
Mauritius arrests captain of oil spill ship
Island nation declared stare of ‘environmental emergency’ after MV Wakashio ran aground
Experts and volunteers scramble to save Mauritius’s wildlife after oil spill
Grounded carrier has split in half and poor conditions make removal of ship’s remaining oil risky
Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life
Oil spill disaster reduced biodiversity in sites closest to spill, report finds, as White House rolls back conservation measures
Trump plans to relax Obama rules for oil companies put in place after BP disaster
Proposed revised rules include a change that would allow oil companies to select third party companies to evaluate the safety of their equipment
Mauritius calls for urgent help to prevent oil spill disaster
Stranded oil tanker is breaking up, threatening even greater ecological devastation
‘We’ve been abandoned’: a decade later, Deepwater Horizon still haunts Mexico
BP denied the oil reached Mexico, but fisherman and scientists knew it wasn’t true. Ten years on, Mexican communities haven’t received a cent in compensation
Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could break up, says PM
Growing oil spill from MV Wakashio threatens ecological and economic disaster