In addition, the Arctic sea melt this summer was the lowest in 15 years, and the expanse of Antarctic sea is well above average…
Russia Launches “Floating Chernobyl” Bound for the Arctic…
Next month, the world’s first floating nuclear power unit (FPU) dubbed ‘Academik Lomonosov’ will be towed via the Northern Sea Route to its final destination in the Far East, after almost two decades in construction. Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant has two KLT-40S reactor units that collectively generate 70 MW of energy. A year […]
Trump Opens ‘All Available’ Gulf Of Mexico Waters To Oil Drilling…
The Department of the Interior will include “all available” federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that have not already been leased out for offshore oil drilling. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Monday 73 million acres off the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida would be offered at a lease sale in August […]
Obama Blocks New Offshore Drilling in Arctic for Next Five Years…
US President Obama has declared parts of the Arctic off-limits to new oil and gas drilling until 2022. Environmental groups have praised the move while Republican lawmakers have said they will try to overturn the plan…