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Soco halts oil exploration in Africa's Virunga national park
2014-06-11 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Conservationists have claimed one of their greatest successes in recent years following the unexpected decision by British oil company Soco to stop exploring in the Virunga world heritage site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The company, which operates in Angola and Vietnam, caused international outrage when it was given permission to conduct seismic testing in Africa's oldest and most diverse national park, which is home to around half the world's 950 mountain gorillas, as well as...
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Soco abandons drilling plans in Virunga national park after WWF campaign
2014-06-11 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: British oil company Soco has agreed to halt its oil exploration activities in Africas oldest national park, following a year-long campaign from WWF. The company has also pledged to avoid other world heritage sites in the future, with the agreement described as a victory for our planet by environmentalists. The Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is Africas oldest and most diverse national park. It is home to around a quarter of the worlds critically endangered...
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Soco, WWF strike deal halt oil drive in Africa oldest park
2014-06-11 04:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Environmental campaigners WWF and oil exploration firm Soco International announced on Wednesday that the British firm had agreed to halt its hunt for oil in part of Africa's oldest national park. In a joint statement, they said the WWF had in turn pledged not to pursue a complaint against Soco which it had filed with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The two sides have locked horns over plans to tap oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga park, home to 3,000...
Soco agrees suspend oil exploration in Congo protected park
2014-06-11 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congos Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the areas world heritage status. Soco has been at loggerheads with conservation campaigner WWF for months over its activities in Virunga, Africas oldest and most bio-diverse national park. WWF filed a complaint about Socos activities in October to the British National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic...
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Facebook is buying 59 acres next to its budding 'West Campus' in Menlo Park
2014-06-11 00:35:55| Electronics - Topix.net
Facebook, which today has three times as many employees as when it moved to Menlo Park in 2011, is poised to buy 59 acres next to the office building the company is constructing kitty-corner from its main headquarters.
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