This blog post builds on Prof Tina Soliman Hunter's post titled “Shell decommissioning of the Brent Platform - haven’t we been here before?” (18 April 2017). I suggest that it might be helpful to read that post prior to reading this one.

If we thought the Brent Spar incident in…

As a current PhD student, here at the School of Law, I am in the process of completing my PhD on the U.K Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Governance Regime for Offshore Marine Renewables.   My recent blog post expands on aspects of my thesis, an earlier version of which…

This post is about a fundamental problem for offshore wind energy. A critical evaluation of offshore wind energy development through its life cycle reveals that there are significant health and safety risks to both workers and other users of the marine space, as shall be explained below. Therefore the offshore…