WW2 shell blown up on Alderney beach BBC News 8 April 2014 Last updated at 17:31 BST | A World War Two artillery shell discovered by a tourist has been detonated on an Alderney beach. | The visitor from Guernsey spotted the 10.5cm (4.1 inches) high explosive shell in a sand dune at the weekend. ...
WWI artillery shells found in luggage at O'Hare U~T San Diego CHICAGO (AP) — Baggage screeners at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have discovered two World War I artillery shells in checked luggage that arrived on a flight from London. | The Transportation Security Administration says the bags belonged...
BT, Shell and corporates call for trillion tonnes of carbon to stay in the ground The Guardian Trillion tonne communiqué signed by 70 companies calls for rapid response to rising emissions, reports BusinessGreen | A trillion tonnes of carbon must stay in the ground to stop dangerous climate change, say 70 companies with a combined annual turn...
Rebels step up Syrian shelling Stuff Mortar shells exploded near the Damascus Opera House, killing two, as rebels intensified their shelling of the Syrian capital to relieve pressure on an opposition neighborhood that government forces have been trying to seize. | The opera, officially ...
Coast Guard says poor management led to grounding of Shell oil rig Stars and Stripes ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Poor risk assessment and management were among factors that led to the grounding of a Shell oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Alaska in 2012, the Coast Guard said in a report released Thursday. | The report also says Alaska's tax ...
Shell ignored safety warnings and moved drill ship, says US Coast Guard The Guardian Allegation that oil group moved Kulluk rig partly to avoid paying extra taxes contained in official report by coastguard | Damning allegations are made in the report into how Shell came to allow the Kulluk to run aground in December 2012. Photograph:...
Shell's grounded rig product of poor tow plan - U.S. Coast Guard The Guardian By Steve Quinn | JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell ignored warnings about the dangers of a towing mission that left a drillship grounded in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska in 2012, in part to avoid paying millions of dollars in state prope...
Frack attack: Obama endangers energy supply WorldNetDaily In its newly released study, titled “Climate Action Plan: Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions,” the White House seeks to reduce methane gas emissions from four sources, landfills, coal mines and agriculture, along with oil and gas point sources. | Dairy farmers and cattle ranchers were quick to respond to the report. These groups are f...
