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Mixing Oil With Dispersant Increased Toxicity to Ecosystems

Article from Georgia Tech

 

Nov. 30, 2012 — If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up [...]

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Originally posted on Amandala

The vastly divided opinions of the Maya of Toledo on the very contentious issue of petroleum exploration have rival rural factions at loggerheads, with leading environmental and cultural activists from the south waging a new battle against both the Government of Belize and US Capital Energy, which they contend are not [...]

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Originally posted on News5

The environmental community has come out in full support of the Maya Leaders Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes Association because of what they believe is a botched consultation in Sundaywood village. The meeting last week Thursday should have been to educate the public and respond to their concerns regarding [...]

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New World Oil and Belize

On October 9, 2012 By

New World Oil & Gas announced Tuesday that it has raised approximately $14 million to fund drilling in Belize and a 3D seismic program in Denmark. The junior oil firm raised the money on London’s Alternative Investment Market, where its stock is traded.

New World, whose only assets are in Belize and Denmark, is focused [...]

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Insight into the events that led up to NATO intervention in Libya, On 17 May 2011 the International Criminal Court issued a request for an arrest warrant against Gaddafi for crimes against humanity. Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all [...]

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Belize’s Government Under Pressure At Home For Offshore Drilling Concessions

By Bilal Morris

 

The debate around offshore drilling in Belize hit center stage in June of 2010 with the Mayor of San Pedro, Elsa Paz, calling on her own government to have ‘consideration’ about making decisions on offshore drilling. Paz [...]

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GasHole 2010

On April 5, 2012 By

What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world’s largest importer? What are the economic and sociological forces that have contributed to that change and impede its solution?

GAS HOLE is an eye-opening documentary about the history of oil prices and sheds light on a secret that the big [...]

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Major oil discoveries have been made within the Yucatan area. Much of the geology of Belize, especially in the northern half of the country, is a southward extension of the geology of the Yucatan. Petroleum deposits in south-eastern Mexico and Guatemala occur in two main geologic provinces, the Gulf Coast Tertiary basin area and [...]

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All Energy Corp.

On March 4, 2012 By

[quote style="1"]All Energy Corp. (AFSE) is an oil and gas exploration and development company that is aggressively pursuing the acquisition of domestic and international oil and gas properties with the intent of exploration, exploitation and development or enhancing existing production by utilizing modern developmental techniques. AEC[/quote]

AllEnergy Corporation Acquires an Interest in a [...]

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Reference id 06CARACAS1712 aka Wikileaks id #67671 ?
SubjectUpdate On Petrocaribe

Origin Embassy Caracas (Venezuela)
Cable time Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:48 UTC
Classification CONFIDENTIAL
Source http://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/06/06CARACAS1712.html
References 05CARACAS3560, 05CARACAS3594, 06CARACAS1238, 06PARAMARIBO343
Referenced by 06CARACAS1849, 06CARACAS2297, 06CARACAS2406, 07PORTOFSPAIN456
Release time Thu, 1 Sep 2011 [...]

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A steady stream of pollution from offshore rigs causes a wide range of health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life. Offshore drilling exposes wildlife to the threat of oil spills that would devastate their populations. Offshore drilling activities destroy kelp beds, reefs and coastal wetlands. Over its lifetime, a single oil rig [...]

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A steady stream of pollution from offshore rigs causes a wide range of health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life. Offshore drilling exposes wildlife to the threat of oil spills that would devastate their populations. Offshore drilling activities destroy kelp beds, reefs and coastal wetlands. Over its lifetime, a single oil rig [...]

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And while we’ve talked plenty about the double election on March seventh – you may be asking what about the referendum on offshore drilling? The Coalition to save Our Natural Heritage triggered the referendum mechanism to force the referendum to be called on that day, but it will not be – and the PM gave [...]

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Jan 31, 2012

But before we get to that – and the response from the leader of the opposition, Francis Fonseca we take a break from politics, to talk about oil. Last night we headlined, but never ran a story about Treaty Energy finding Oil in Southern Belize. It was an omission and one for [...]

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Jan 31, 2012

But before we get to that – and the response from the leader of the opposition, Francis Fonseca we take a break from politics, to talk about oil. Last night we headlined, but never ran a story about Treaty Energy finding Oil in Southern Belize. It was an omission and one for [...]

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