oil
Exxon spill: 'I saw a river of oil heading down my street'
Pipeline explosion in Homs: “This is collective punishment”
Volunteers face gargantuan task of cleaning New Zealand’s oil-soaked beaches
Algerian smugglers send petrol to Libya, creating shortage at home
Malawi citizens revolt against their ‘plundering’ president
Russia’s ‘one-man Wikileaks’ uncovers massive gas company fraud
In Russia, the findings of a young whistleblower lawyer concerning the rampant corruption of major state-affiliated companies have made much bigger waves than the recent tsunami of Wikileaks revelations. Read more…
Chinese fireman drowned in wave of oil
A fireman dealing with an oil spill was drowned in northeast China on Tuesday after a wave dragged him beneath the surface of the slick. Read more...
The permanent oil slick no one is talking about
Nigera is Africa’s main crude oil producer. It is also the country which counts the most oil spills in the world. The Niger Delta, once an ecological sanctuary, has become a no-fishing zone because of the slicks that permanently poison its waters. Read more...
Bird cleaner refutes claims that killing is kinder than cleaning
Should birds affected by the BP oil spill be cleaned or killed? According to a German biologist, only one percent of rehabilitated birds survive. One man who's in the thick of the bird cleaning operation however, says this biologist's allegations are based on flawed surveys. Read more...
Trucker braves exploding cylinders to prevent deadly catastrophe
This dramatic video, shot in the south of Morocco, shows a flaming truck carrying gas canisters explode repeatedly, and has already been seen by over 21,000 people. Our local Observer gives us the full story behind the incident. Read more...
