ROM: "Real Coastal Warriors" Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft. A company few people outside Russia have heard of, but which is now one of the world’s largest oil companies and one of the world’s largest source of oil spills on land. American oil giant Exxon. Famous for the devastating Exxon Valdez spill, this profit hungry monster has partnered with Rosneft to take advantage of weak legislation and a lack of accountability in Russian waters. The Russian Arctic National Park. A critical habitat for narwhals, bowhead whales, polar bears, and walruses, and now also the site of an illegal drilling lease held by Rosneft and jointly explored with Exxon. Vessels carrying out preparations for these companies, mapping oil deposits with sound blasts loud enough to kill a whale and testing the seabed by driving heavy metal cylinders into the ocean floor.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 04:47:09 +0000
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