Peru Declares Environmental Emergency in Coastal Area Fouled by Oil Spill - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.

Canarias ve como un “éxito” el fin de las prospecciones petrolíferas de Repsol

El presidente de Canarias, Paulino Rivero, afirmó este jueves que su Gobierno considera "un éxito para las islas" y "una garantía para las próximas generaciones" la paralización de las prospecciones petrolíferas que estaba realizando Repsol en aguas próximas a la región.

Boat protest against Canaries oil prospecting

LANZAROTE, Spain: Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners on Saturday (Dec 13) to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination.

Ten boats from the archipelago took protesters eight nautical miles from where Spanish firm Repsol is exploring with a view to possibly drilling off the islands in the Atlantic ocean.