Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Ocean Pollution

BP's U.S. Gulf project exempted from enviro analysis
Reuters | 06 May 2010
U.S. regulators exempted BP Plc from a detailed environmental review of the exploration project that ultimately resulted in the deadly Gulf of Mexico explosion and subsequent oil spill, documents show.

Recreating BP's 'cofferdam' solution
Guardian Unlimited | 06 May 2010
Adam Gabbatt demonstrates how BP plans to use a 'cofferdam' to stem the flow of leaking oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.

Accidents and Spills | Business and Industry | Ocean Pollution

Deepwater Horizon oil spill sparks calls for $10bn levy on BP and drilling ban
Guardian Unlimited | 05 May 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger ends support for California oil expansion as political backlash against oil industry takes hold.

Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Lawmakers seek to get BP to pay more for cleanup
Reuters | 05 May 2010
U.S. lawmakers in the House of Representatives unveiled a bill on Wednesday similar to an effort in the Senate that would force BP Plc to pay hefty damages from the Gulf oil spill, as both the White House and Congressional leadship signaled support.

Accidents and Spills | Business and Industry | Ocean Pollution

BP undersea dome could capture oil: exec
Reuters | 05 May 2010
A giant containment dome that BP Plc will place on the ocean floor to contain oil from a Gulf of Mexico spill should begin capturing the oil on Monday, a BP executive said on Wednesday.

Accidents and Spills | Business and Industry | Ocean Pollution

Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Obama attempts to limit political fallout
Guardian Unlimited | 05 May 2010
White House lists actions taken to contain the disaster as BP says robot submarines have blocked one leak.

Accidents and Spills | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

They wait for oil. But the sea brings death instead
The Independent | 04 May 2010
Kitchen sink gloves at the ready, Jackye Carroll, 62, patrolled the white-sand beach of Pass Christian yesterday looking for any sign of animal distress from the oil slick lurking over the horizon. Her vigilance soon paid off, though she was hardly pleased: a dead loggerhead turtle by the edge of the surf.

Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Oil cleanup chemicals worry environment watchdogs
Reuters | 04 May 2010
Oil-dispersing chemicals used to clean up the vast BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico carry their own environmental risks, making a toxic soup that could endanger marine creatures even as it keeps the slick from reaching the vulnerable coast, wildlife watchdogs say.

Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Lessons directly from the history books
Guardian Unlimited | 04 May 2010
There are many parallels between the Deepwater and Ixtoc 1 oil spills, but the environmental damage could be much worseIt was a Saturday in June when workers on a drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico hit a soft patch 3,600m below the sea floor.

Disasters | Ocean Pollution | Threatened Species

US oil disaster: BP - beyond principle | Editorial
Guardian Unlimited | 03 May 2010
The admission by Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, that his company was "absolutely responsible" for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico came not a moment too soon. BP spokesmen spent all last week trying to palm off responsibility on to Transocean, which owns the rig on which the blowout happened. Yesterday BP took responsibility for the cleanup operation and said that it would pay all necessary and appropriate cleanup costs.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Deepwater Horizon oil spill: BP chief faces Washington grilling
Guardian Unlimited | 03 May 2010
The chief executive of BP faces a grilling when he meets US lawmakers and regulators in Washington tomorrow amid mounting criticism of the oil giant's reaction to the blown-out well of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which has left America's southern states facing an environmental and economic catastrophe.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

BP tries to salvage status after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Guardian Unlimited | 02 May 2010
British oil and gas group's chief executive says it accepts role as 'responsible party' for clean-upBP was fighting to save its reputation in the US, insisting the response effort was "the largest ever mobilised anywhere in the world".

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Barack Obama flies in amid mounting criticism
Guardian Unlimited | 02 May 2010
Barack Obama stepped into the crisis over the oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, amid growing criticism that the US administration and BP were failing to get a grip on the potential catastrophe.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Barack Obama flies in to meet BP chief over Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Guardian Unlimited | 01 May 2010
Barack Obama will fly to Louisiana to assess the threat to large stretches of the Gulf of Mexico from millions of gallons of crude oil that has spilled from the remains of a sunken offshore rig.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Gulf oil spill at Deepwater Horizon threatens $8bn clean-up and an ecological oil slick disaster for...
Guardian Unlimited | 01 May 2010
Twelve months ago BP dismissed the possibility that a catastrophic accident could happen at its offshore rig Deepwater Horizon, it emerged yesterday. An exploration plan and environmental impact analysis for the well, produced by the company in 2009, concluded that it was virtually impossible for there to be a giant crude oil spill from it.Now City experts say that the accident could cost the company up to $8bn (£5.23bn) to clear up the slick.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

US Gulf coast faces disaster as oil slick threatens to destroy fisheries and wildlife
Guardian Unlimited | 01 May 2010
The towns along the Mississippi are overflowing with people who have come to help in the Deepwater Horizon crisis, but little has been done to stop the oil from washing ashore.

United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Ocean Pollution

Wreck removed from St Kilda rocks
BBC | 08 Sep 2009
A salvage team successfully cuts up the wreck of a fishing boat from the waters off the coast of St Kilda.

Ocean Pollution

Philippines Bans Fishing to Revive Biggest Reef
Planet Ark | 04 Oct 2007
MANILA - The Philippines has tightened laws banning fishing and collecting of species on the country's largest coral reef to help it recover from near destruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature said on Tuesday.

Biodiversity | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Ocean Pollution

Tropical fish trade threatens to devastate reefs
Guardian Unlimited | 08 Aug 2006
Leading marine biologists have called for a crackdown on the trade in tropical fish, which is threatening to destroy the world's already endangered coral reefs.

Biodiversity Conservation | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Ocean Pollution

UK acts on marine pollution
Green Consumer Guide | 05 Jul 2006
The UK has moved to combat marine pollution by ratifying the Bunkers Convention. The legislation will require owners of ships operating in UK waters to have the appropriate insurance to cover any fuel (bunker) leakages or pollution from their vessels.

Biodiversity Conservation | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Ocean Pollution

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