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Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua
2016-09-07 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian government is investigating a Korean palm oil giant accused of burning land in the archipelagic countrys easternmost province of Papua. In response to an NGO report alleging that the company, Korindo, has made systematic use of fire to clear land in the heavily forested region, Indonesias environment ministry has sent a team to Papua to to collect material and information, the ministrys law enforcement director Muhammad Yunus told Reuters. The widespread use of fire by oil palm...
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Life in the Native American oil protest camps
2016-09-07 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An Indian reservation in North Dakota is the site of the largest gathering of Native Americans in more than 100 years. Indigenous people from across the US are living in camps on the Standing Rock reservation as they protest the construction of a new oil pipeline. As a result, a new community has emerged. The BBC's Charlie Northcott went to North Dakota to meet the protesters and discover what goes on in camp. Peter Francis, of the Sioux people, has spent a week hauling iron pots between a holding...
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Callon to acquire US oil and gas assets from Plymouth Petroleum for $327m
2016-09-07 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Callon Petroleum has signed an agreement to acquire certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the US from Plymouth Petroleum for $327m.
Oil prices edge-up due to weak dollar
2016-09-07 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices have increased due to a weaker US dollar.
Big oil makes its case against US Arctic drilling rules
2016-09-07 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US Department of the Interior has released the final version of the Arctic Rules Package regulating offshore drilling in the region. The industry has criticised the strict new regulations, but how high does the bar need to be to allow the develop
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