Articles tagged with "WWF"

Offshore Arctic Oil Spill Clean up is tough, Study

A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report released today reinforces widespread doubts about the oil industry’s ability to clean-up an offshore oil spill in arctic conditions. The authors counter conclusions in a recent report from the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) that the technology and expertise exist to clean up a major offshore oil spill. [...]

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Climate Change : Trillions of Dollars in Assets at Risk in U.S. Coasts

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Allianz SE on Monday released a report warning that sea level rise could dramatically increase risks to buildings, transportation infrastructure and other assets exposed to severe storm surges in coastal areas of the U.S. The report estimates that current assets at risk to a 1-in-100-year storm surge amount to $1.4 [...]

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Trained dogs to help determine population status of rare Javan Rhinos

In an attempt to save Javan rhino (rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction, highly trained detection dogs are being used in Vietnam. WWF researchers have teamed up with national park rangers using two detection dogs from the United States to determine the population status of the Javan rhinos in the [...]

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Fire in Timor Sea oil well

A Thai oil exploration company revealed on Sunday that its leaking Timor Sea oil well had caught fire. The West Atlas drilling platform operated by PTTEP Australasia in the Montara field 690 kilometres west of Darwin has been leaking around 400 barrels of oil and gas a day since August 21.
The company brought in a [...]

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