Maybe polar bears of the Beaufort Sea can look a little more relaxed into the future. That’s because the auction for oil production in their territory didn’t bring in the bids the Trump administration was hoping for. Picture: Michael Wenger The Trump...
The now decommissioned oil platform “Polar Pioneer” in the Chukchi Sea. Drilling in the area was abandoned in 2015 because not enough recoverable oil was found. Photo: Mark Fink, Shell The Dutch mineral oil giant Shell plans to drill for oil in the Arctic...
It looks like cotton wool, is feather-light and cleans waters effectively and environmentally friendly from oil spills – the oil binder PURE. Photo: DEUREX AG Major oil disasters such as the one in Norilsk at the end of May this year or in the Gulf of Mexico in...
An image of the Ambarnaya River just before it flows into Lake Pyasino north of Norilsk on May 31, 2020, taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, showing the waters colored red by the spilled diesel. Photo: ESA The disaster in Norilsk is strongly linked to...
