Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science, and the environment. Oil and gas companies rely on seismic airguns to ...

On October 1, a status conference on seismic litigation ruled in favor of the environment by prohibiting fossil fuel companies from using seismic airguns in offshore oil exploration. Fossil fuel ...

Activists in Australia have succeeded in pausing planned seismic blasting off Western Australia, which they say could deafen and ultimately kill endangered migratory whales. The Federal Court on ...

Business leaders, elected officials, students, environment organizations, and members of the community gathered in Cape May last week for a rallying cry against the expansion of offshore oil and gas ...

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South Africa's energy minister defended on Thursday Royal Dutch Shell's plans for seismic oil exploration along a pristine coastal stretch, saying critics of the plan want to deprive Africa of energy ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., may have proved that a one-second blast of sound is worth 2,000. "Was that disruptive?" Cunningham asked Chris Oliver from the ...

It seems like it doesn’t matter where you are on the Australian coast at present, there’s some form of large-scale energy development being planned just over the horizon. After decades chugging along, ...

Offshore oil and gas exploration uses deafening seismic surveys that generate the loudest human sounds in the ocean (short of those made by explosives). Seismic testing involves blasting the seafloor ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's energy minister defended on Thursday Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L), opens new tab plans for seismic oil exploration along a pristine coastal stretch, ...