United States, the Sioux are fighting to save their lands from the Dakota Access Pipeline
MIgliaia di nativi americani protestano contro un oleodotto nel Dakota del Nord che minaccia le terre sioux e il fiume Missouri.
Shell wants to decommission oil platforms in the North Sea
Shell raises the white flag and starts dismantling its oil platforms in the North Sea in 2017. A good piece of news that hides a sad environmental lagacy.
Crisis in Venezuela, what is happening and why President Maduro is at risk
The socio-economic crisis in Venezuela A key source of the crisis is the diminishing price of oil, which was selling at 97 dollars per barrel in 2013, but fell to 48 dollars per barrel by 2015. This has hit the country harshly as crude oil exports are a central pillar of the Venezuelan state-led economy, with this commodity making up 97.7 per
Peru, yet another oil spill is putting the Amazon at risk
Oil spills in the Amazon are nothing new. Another pipeline has broken in the Loreto region of Peru, threatening local communities’ health and the environment.
Norway will cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030
La “carbon neutrality” verrà raggiunta in Norvegia entro il 2030, ovvero venti anni prima rispetto a quanto previsto inizialmente.
Niger Delta, the oil spill clean-up has started. It will take 30 years
After decades of legal battles, the government of Nigeria announced the launch of a huge clean-up plan in the Niger Delta, which was once destroyed by oil drilling activities. It’s an unprecedented operation that will take 25 to 30 years to be completed and will have an estimated cost of a billion dollars. The victory comes 20 years
Saudi Arabia fires Oil Minister, hiring a Minister of Energy instead
Saudi Arabia is taking big steps towards post-oil era. With an unexpected decision, King Salman fired Saudi oil minister Ali al Naimi, who had held the post since 1995. The long-serving oil minister had planned the kingdom’s energy strategies for decades but he has now been replaced by Khaled al Falih, chairman of the state oil
Supertankers stuck in an insane traffic jam at sea due to low oil prices
Oltre cento super-petroliere sono bloccate al largo dei porti di tutto il mondo. Con duecento milioni di barili a bordo.
The Alberta tar sands. Canada’s oil costs more than it makes
The Alberta tar sands hold much of Canada’s oil wealth: the region contains an estimated 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen oil. The size of this reserve makes it the third largest oil deposit in the world after Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. Yet despite this, the cost of extraction now outweighs the profit made per barrel.
Energy in India. The time has come to alter the energy balance, but at what cost
Energy in India: an overview India is a country of over 1 billion people, around 18% of the world population. 60% of Indians live in rural areas and at least 240 million have no access to electricity. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, estimated to grow 8% in the next