Greenpeace activists shut down 74 Shell petrol stations in Edinburgh and London in a protest against the company’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic that saw 24 campaigners arrested on Monday, July 16. The campaigners are attempting to shut off petrol to London’s 105 Shell stations and Edinburgh’s 14. Seventy-one have been closed in London and three in Edinburgh.
Shell drilling ship that lost mooring in Alaska also had anchor problem in New Zealand
A Shell Oil drilling ship that slipped its anchor in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor raises serious concerns about the company’s ability to operate safely in Arctic waters, particularly after the same vessel ran into a mooring problem in New Zealand waters last year, environmental groups said July 16.
Drought-weakened animals dying in Niger
At the beginning of the wet season, weak animals were unable to escape a recent deluge.
Chile’s biosphere reserve ‘rescued’
A 100,000-hectare reserve that was to become deforested grazing land is being conserved to protect biodiversity.
Environment ministers tour new oilsands monitoring sites, claiming sites managed responsibly
The federal and Alberta environment ministers have been given a first-hand look at expanded environmental oilsands monitoring that is intended to answer the industry’s detractors in Canada and abroad. “It gives some of our critics abroad tangible scientific evidence of the responsible way the oilsands are being developed,” said federal minister Peter Kent, who toured the region July 16 with his provincial colleague Diana McQueen.
