By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Oil exploration opponents yesterday urged the Government and Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) to "come clean" on all their commercial agreements including the latter's…
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge yesterday granted environmentalists leave to begin judicial review proceedings over Bahamas Petroleum Company’s exploratory oil drilling. However, the judge…
A Supreme Court judge will today hear both sides on the matter involving whether Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) should be allowed to proceed with its exploratory oil drilling. This comes after Justice…
December 21, Nassau Guardian The Bahamas Petroleum Company commenced exploratory drilling in Bahamian waters today, BPC Chief Executive Officer Simon Potter announced in a press release. “We are very pleased…
JOSHUA CEBALLOS | DECEMBER 14, 2020 | 9:00AM "Offshore drilling is inherently risky and inherently dirty," says Marc Yaggi, executive director for the Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network that advocates…
December 11, 2020 Emma Van Wynen In 2017, the activist group Raising Awareness about the Bahamas Landfill (RABL) staged protests against what, at the time, were serious concerns about the state…
December 11, 2020 at 3:17 pm Ava Turnquest NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis today said it is not his dream to drill for oil in the territorial waters of…
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Environmental activists yesterday alleged the delayed legal challenge to oil exploration in Bahamian waters resulted after they were lulled into a false sense…
Environmental coalition files action against govt over BPC approval The environmental groups Waterkeeper Bahamas Ltd. and Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay yesterday filed legal action intended to stop Bahamas Petroleum…
By FREDERICK SMITH, QC TWELVE metres. That’s how close the coastal communities of Nova Scotia, Canada came to total disaster in 2016, when a mammoth metal pipe, weighing the equivalent…