Government to cut health and safety inspections by a third
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Mar 2011
Automatic practice inspections set to only focus on high risk sites, such as energy, nuclear sites and chemical industries. Health and safety inspections are to be cut by a third in the deregulatory drive being pushed through Whitehall ahead of the "go for growth" budget due to be introduced in April. The work and pensions minister Chris Grayling is to announce that future automatic practice inspections should only focus on high risk sites, such as energy, nuclear sites and chemical industries.
 United Kingdom | Accidents and Spills | Energy Production | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste | Policy

BP puts package of UK oil, gas assets on sale
Reuters | 22 Feb 2011
BP PLC plans to sell all its stakes in gas fields it operates in the southern North Sea, including the pipeline network and the Dimlington receiving terminal, by the end of 2011, the company said on Tuesday.
 United Kingdom | Accidents and Spills | Climate Change | Energy Production | Fossil Fuels | Industry

Tanker leaks jet fuel after North Sea collision
Reuters | 12 Oct 2010
A Greek tanker carrying jet fuel and a Cypriot container ship collided some 30 km off the Dutch coast at Scheveningen leaking highly flammable kerosene into the sea, the Dutch coast guard said on Tuesday.
 Climate Change | Disasters | Industry

Every BP petrol station in London shut down by direct action
Greenpeace UK | 27 Jul 2010
BP is being prevented from selling fuel anywhere in central London this morning by Greenpeace activists who have shut down every petrol station in the capital and put up signs which say: "Closed. Moving beyond petroleum". Later this morning BP is expected to announce the appointment of Bob Dudley...
 England | Accidents and Spills

Tide of anger may turn an ecological tragedy into a political nightmare
Guardian Unlimited | 12 Jun 2010
Fifty days in, the backlash from the BP oil spill is being felt on both sides of the Atlantic. As the special relationship comes under strain, Obama invests an unprecedented amount of presidential time on a visit to the Gulf, while Cameron faces rightwing flakThe anger is palpable in the southern...
 England | Accidents and Spills | Biodiversity | Environmental Impacts

BP oil leak aftermath: Slow-motion tragedy unfolds for marine life
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Jun 2010
The wildlife haven Grand Isle is at the heart of the environmental catastrophe engulfing LouisianaOut on the water, it starts as a slight rainbow shimmer, then turns to wide orange streamers of oil whipping through the waves. Later, on the beach, we witness a vast, Olympic-sized swimming pool of...
 England | Accidents and Spills | Coastal and Marine Issues | Disasters

UK to boost safety inspections after BP oil spill
Reuters | 08 Jun 2010
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would increase its inspection of North Sea drilling rigs and monitoring of offshore practices in the light of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Energy and climate change minister Chris Huhne said in a statement posted on his department's website on Tuesday that he had also asked an oil industry group to investigate the UK's ability to prevent and respond to oil spills
 England | Accidents and Spills | Fossil Fuels

Letters: BP and corporate responsibility
Guardian Unlimited | 06 Jun 2010
BP's use of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon is not in the least unusual (Big problems, 4 June). Transocean is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor and has the longest experience of this kind of oil exploration. During this disaster, it managed to get more than a hundred people safely off...
 England | Accidents and Spills | Corporate Social Responsibility

Criminal probe of Gulf oil spill seen inevitable
Reuters | 25 May 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a BP well spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for a fifth week and President Barack Obama under pressure to act, legal experts say it is only a matter of time before his administration begins a criminal investigation into the disaster.
 England | Accidents and Spills | Threatened Species

BP reports limited success in containing oil spill
Reuters | 16 May 2010
HOUSTON/GALLIANO, Louisiana (Reuters) - Energy giant BP reported a limited success at containing the oil that is gushing unabated into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday but a skeptical U.S. government said it was "not a solution."
 United Kingdom | Accidents and Spills | Environmental Impacts