Russia oil: 1/5 of 5
Russia's ambitions for oil off Sakhalin Island could wipe out whale species
Katharine Helmore
18th January 2011
The Western North Pacific gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off Sakhalin Island more...
WWF-UK wins funding halt to Sakhalin II oil and gas pipeline
News
6th March, 2008
Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been successful after the UK and US governments withdrew backing. more...
Black Sea
News
13th November, 2007
Russia was facing up to a ten-year clean-up operation after a major oil spill in the Black Sea region. more...Judicial review launched as oil project threatens whales
News
17th August, 2007
Environmental groups have launched a judicial review into the UK’s support for an oil and gas project that threatens an endangered whale species. more...
Oil & Security
Jeremy Smith
1st April, 2003
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives. more...
Russia oil: 1/5 of 5
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