The Arctic is melting – drill for oil
Posted on September 23, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic, Canada, European union | 1 Comment
The Arctic is melting – drill for oil. That is the response from the European Commission at least if we are to believe the EUObserver, that writes:
Drilling for oil in the fragile northern environment must go ahead with European financial and political support for the sake of EU energy security, energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs declared [...]
The Arctic is heating up
Posted on August 24, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic, Canada, Norway, Russia, USA | 2 Comments
No, I’m not talking about climate change. Even though I obviously could have, the North West passage is open again this year. No, I’m talking about the international scramble to grab land (read sea bottom) in the Arctic.
The United Nations Law of the Sea gives all the countries around the Arctic bassin until 2014 to [...]