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Trump Order Could Open Up Area Larger Than Yellowstone To Drilling

An area of protected land larger than Yellowstone national park could be at risk from drilling – with six national monuments affected by the executive order sitting above known or potential reserves of oil, gas and coal.

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Lawrence Carter
By Joe Sandler Clarke
And Lawrence Carter
Cliff Side of Cedar Mesa in valley of the Gods in Bears Ears National Monument

More than 2.7 million acres of iconic US landscape could be at risk from fossil fuel exploration following Donald Trump’s decision to review protections on national monuments, an Energydesk investigation can reveal. Trump issued an executive order last month requiring the Department of Interior to review 27 monuments designated since 1996 –

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Shell, Eni Charged With Corruption In Billion Dollar Nigerian Oil Deal

The fallout from the purchase of oil licence OPL 245 has dogged both Shell and Eni for years. The license is thought to hold around nine billion barrels of oil.

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By Joe Sandler Clarke
Nigeria Oil Thefts

(REPORT) --- Italian prosecutors have charged oil giants Shell and Eni with international corruption offences, as the companies struggle with the fallout from their controversial 2011 purchase of an oil licence in Nigeria. Several senior executives from the two companies – including Eni’s current CEO Claudio Descalzi – have also been asked to

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Video: New Court Ruling Could Transform Bee Deaths Debate

Some scientists and NGOs pin blame for bee deaths on pesticides known as neonicotinoids, the chemical companies which make neonics have said the parasitic mite is harming the bees.

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By Joe Sandler Clarke
A bee approaches landing on a blossom at a farmers field. The federal government is finally acknowledging and addressing colony collapse disorder.

Bee populations have been in decline across the world for a number of years, but the reason for this drop off is hotly disputed. Some scientists and NGOs have pinned the blame on pesticides known as neonicotinoids. Meanwhile, the chemical companies which make neonics have said the parasitic mite Varroa Destructor is harming bees. A new

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Neonicotinoids: Landmark European Court Verdict Could Change Bee Deaths Debate

The ruling means neonicotinoid studies submitted by chemical companies to European regulators will now be open to scrutiny.

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By Joe Sandler Clarke
A honey bee at a hive entrance fanning, colony collapse disorder is causing alarm over the security of the world's food supply.

Safety tests submitted to European regulators by chemical companies will have to be made public, following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could have a major impact on the debate around the decline of bee populations across the world. The verdict means studies submitted by the chemical industry to national

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British Government Uses Aid Money To Back Oil Drilling In UNESCO World Heritage Site

UK oil company Surestream has a stake in two oil blocks overlapping the lake, while United Arab Emirates firm RAK Gas holds the rights to explore in the UN protected zone itself.

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Lawrence Carter
By Maeve McClenaghan
And Joe Sandler Clarke
And Lawrence Carter
Fisherman on Lake Malawi, the lake supports the livelihood of 1.5m people.

British officials are using aid money to support oil drilling in a World Heritage Site in Africa, according to an Energydesk investigation. Government documents, obtained through freedom of information (FOI), reveal that the Foreign Office pledged thousands of pounds in aid to support drilling in Lake Malawi, where the UN warns that a spill

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Unpublished Studies By Chemical Giants Detail Pesticide Effects On Bees

Chemical giants Bayer and Syngenta commissioned private studies which showed that their neonicotinoid pesticides can cause serious harm to bees, a Greenpeace investigation has uncovered. The revelations come with the UK set to decide its own policy on pesticide use once it leaves the EU. The UK lobbied against the current EU ban when it […]

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By Joe Sandler Clarke
Kansas Daily Life

Chemical giants Bayer and Syngenta commissioned private studies which showed that their neonicotinoid pesticides can cause serious harm to bees, a Greenpeace investigation has uncovered. The revelations come with the UK set to decide its own policy on pesticide use once it leaves the EU. The UK lobbied against the current EU ban when it was

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