Suzanne Goldenberg for The Guardian We are to blame – but so are Transocean and Halliburton, concludes oil firm’s report on Deepwater Horizon rig explosion BP admitted today its managers on the Deepwater Horizon missed key warning signs in the hours before the explosion aboard the oil rig, but an internal investigation put much of [...]
The 2008 Top Ten World's Worst Pollution Problems
List of Environmental Issues Contributing to Death and Disability Around the World Blacksmith Institute in collaboration with Green Cross Switzerland issued a Top Ten list of the world’s most dangerous pollution problems. The report names pollution as one of the leading contributing factors to death and disability in the world and highlights the disproportionate effects [...]
Karen Group Opposes Salween River Dams
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | By SAW YAN NAING The Burmese government’s plan to build two major hydropower dams—the Wai Gyi and Hat Gyi—on the Salween River in eastern Burma threatens the human rights of local residents and the biodiversity of the area, says an environmental organization. According to the report “Khoe Kay: Biodiversity in [...]
