The history of energy in Brazil: “the oil is ours” Brazil drilled its first oil well in 1897 in Bofete City and in 1953 the oil and gas giant Petrobras was founded under the slogan “o petróleo é nosso” (the oil is ours). Over the years, Brazil diversified its energy matrix. Starting from the 1940s
The consequences of oil extraction and use are devastating. From the environment to health, from human rights to armed conflicts.
A history Significant changes in the history of energy in the United States have mainly been dictated by the development of new resources. From the use of wood up to the late 1800s to early industrial growth powered by water mills, coal became the first source of primary energy in the late 19th century. In
Il ministro dell’Ambiente Ségolène Royal ha annunciato una moratoria sulla ricerca di petrolio in mare: “Rischiamo conseguenze drammatiche”.
La rottura accidentale di un oleodotto sotterraneo tra Loira Atlantica e Bretagna ha comportato un’importante fuga di petrolio. Evacuate alcune case.
Si terrà nella città di Pau, in Francia, un summit mondiale della lobby del petrolio. A Parigi la protesta delle organizzazioni ambientaliste.
The Rockefeller family fund confirms it will give up fossil fuels. “It makes little sense—financially or ethically—to continue holding investments in these companies”.
A leak from the Cercina 7 extraction well saw oil washed up on the most beautiful beaches of the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia, due to an accident occurred on 13 March. The incident has been confirmed by Tunisian well owner Thyna Petroleum Services, which published the picture of the damaged pipeline. The inhabitants of the Kerkennah
As the name suggests, seismic surveys use seismic waves, like the ones generated during an earthquake, to explore the structure and features of the Earth’s subsurface. This type of exploration in the oceans is expanding at a rapid rate due to technological improvements and the increasing needs of our fossil fuel-based economy, so that it
The election of the billionaire candidate Donald Trump to the White house is riskier than the UK leaving the European Union, Greece leaving the euro zone and an armed clash in the South China Sea, analysts say.
