Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta

February 2, 2021 / by News Editor / Africa, Botswana, drilling, endangered species, Environment, Environmental News Service, Fresh Water, gas, Journalism, Land Use, Latest News, Namibia, oil, Okavango, Okavango Delta, ReconAfrica, RSS, UNESCO, Water, wildlife

Published by the Environmental News Service WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath the Kalahari Desert of northern Namibia and Botswana in the hunt for a petroleum reservoir. If the search by Canadian […]

Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

May 6, 2020 / by News Editor / BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Climate, Earthjustice, Environment, Environmental News Service, fracking, Fresh Water, gas, Journalism, Land Use, Latest News, Montana, Montana Environmental Information Center, oil, public lands, RSS, Species, Western Environmental Law Center, WildEarth Guardians

Published by the Environmental News Service GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups have won a victory in their effort to protect local groundwater and the climate. A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, failed to consider risks to Montana’s environment and water […]

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