Every year June 8 is observed as the World Ocean Day to underscore a need to protect the great body of salt water, which covers 70.78 per cent of the earth’s surface.

British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the area’s worl

A rural county has joined an environmental group in challenging an oil and gas lease sale in central Nevada that could open 270 square miles of public land to hydraulic fracturing, better known as

Spain's Environment Ministry said it foresees no significant adverse impact from Repsol SA REP.MC +0.36% 's proposed exploration for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands.

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Reliance Industries Limited & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/06/2014 regarding Production Sharing Contracts for the exploration and production of petroleum from the Mid and South Tapti Fields and for the exploration and production of petroleum from Panna and Mukta Fields.

WWF staff have been telephoned with death threats for opposing oil exploitation in Africa's oldest national park, which is home to one in four of the world's estimated 800 remaining mountain gorill

Government says only 359,762 of 756,000 signatures were legitimate, meaning petition fails to trigger national referendum

Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, has agreed to disclose more information about the environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing, the process known as fracking.

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Reliance Industries Ltd. & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/03/2014 regarding the policy-New Exploration and Licensing Policy.

EU politicians on Wednesday voted for tougher rules on exposing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while excluding shale gas.

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