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Big Oil's Dream of Drilling Off the Arctic Coast Of Alaska May Be Ending
Norway's state-run oil company Statoil is the latest fossil fuel company to walk away from exploratory drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea off the Alaskan coast.
Shell Abandons Controversial Arctic Drilling Campaign After Spending an Estimated $7 Billion
The company said it was unable to find "sufficient" amounts of oil and natural gas to warrant continued drilling.
Belize Drops Proposal for Offshore Oil Drilling on World’s Second Largest Barrier Reef
The Great Mayan Reef wowed Darwin and Cousteau, and was under threat of oil drilling by Belize's government. A civil movement to stop the plan forced Belize to drop its appeals aimed at opening offshore drilling.
Shell's Arctic Drilling Is Far More Risky Than the Company Is Telling Shareholders, Say Conservationists
In a petition to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the groups say that a spill in the Arctic Ocean could cost the company tens of billions of dollars.
The World’s Biggest Chefs Want You to Eat the Ocean’s Smallest Fish
An ocean conservation organisation has started a campaign to bring easily replenished small fish like anchovies and herring to restaurant menus. Ferran Adrià, René Redzepi, and Grant Achatz are already on board.
We Should Be Eating Fish at the Bottom of the Food Chain
Tiny fish species such as the anchovy have been fished almost to extinction in waters across the world. New West Coast legislation takes action to protect such so-called forage fish—and could eventually be used as a model globally.
