Environment
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Petronas given three more months for environmental study of Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal
Canada’s Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has given Malaysia’s state oil and gas firm Petronas extra time in which to show…
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BOEM air pollution standards the second blow in a week for offshore drillers
The US government has issued tighter standards on air pollution relating to offshore oil and gas drilling activities. The announcement…
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Residents protest offshore oil leases in Gulf of Mexico
For the first time ever, hundreds of Gulf Coast residents are joining forces with local and national environmental and social…
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Seattle hands out indictments over discharging of wastewater
Two overseas firms and two personnel are facing indictments in a US court in the case of a vessel that…
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Boskalis wins dredging contract for new Abu Dhabi gas pipeline
The National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi has awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster with a dredging contract related to the…
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Knutsen and Larvik tapped to ship CO2
Norwegian state-run firm Gassco has commissioned Knutsen OAS Shipping and Larvik Shipping to study transport of CO2 by ship in…
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Green group slams draft environmental assessment of fracking offshore California
A green group on Tuesday slammed as “deeply disappointing” the US federal government’s first draft environmental assessment since January’s official…
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Norden bulk carrier spills bunker oil into Columbia River
A bulk carrier spilled about 80 gallons of bunker oil into the Columbia River in Washington state yesterday, prompting containment,…
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Tanker captain pleads guilty to obstructing USCG probe into illegal discharges at sea
The captain of an Aegean Shipping chemical tanker that made illegal discharges into the sea pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstructing…
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Bird breeding ground obstacle to Hamburg’s port ambitions
68 gull-billed terns, discernible by their black, gull-like bills, could make or break the future of the port of Hamburg.…
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Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal passes environmental test
Supporters of the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project in British Columbia were encouraged by a report from…
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Shipbreaking NGOs blast ‘hypocritical’ Maersk
Campaigners NGO Shipbreaking Platform and Transport and Environment (T&E) have criticised the Maersk Group’s plans to demolish its old vessels…
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EC backs IMO as lead body to handle shipping emissions
The new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Lim Kitack, met with the European transport commissioner, Violeta Bulc, yesterday.…
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Shipping emissions must be cut to meet Paris climate target, say NGOs
The IMO must act to cut CO2 emissions from shipping or the 1.5/2°C global warming limit agreed at the Paris…
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2 million sign petition against offshore drilling on US east coast
Green activists on Wednesday delivered to the White House a petition of 2 million signatures calling for the reversal of…
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Call to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
A coalition of NGOs has called on the countries in the Arctic Council to ban heavy bunker oil in the…
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Port of LA hit by another air pollution scandal
Following a scandal last October over failed pollution targets, the Port of Los Angeles is facing more bad news after…
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Anthony Veder secures shipping’s first sustainable loan
Gas tanker specialist Anthony Veder has concluded what it describes as the first sustainable shipping loan. The EUR66m private placement…
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China to inaugurate Yangtze River Delta ECA from April
China’s Ministry of Transport will inaugurate the Yangtze River Delta emission control area (ECA) from April 1. Vessels berthing at…
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Oil spill on the Mississippi as another bridge hit by barges
The US Coast Guard (USCG) on Friday was responding to the after-effects of a towboat and bridge impact on the…
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