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Funny interview with an Australian senator about 20,000 tons of oil spill

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:37:49 -0500

Funny interview with a Senator Collins talking about a tanker which had spilled 20,000 tons of crude oil into the ocean off the coast of Western Australia.

Brooklyn Oil Spill

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:24:23 -0500

For more than half a century, 17 millions of gallons of oil have been oozing beneath Greenpoint, Brooklyn, courtesy of ExxonMobil and other oil companies. The spill courses beneath 55 acres of industrial, commercial, and residential property, affecting 100 homes and dozens of businesses. Petroleum from the spill continuously leaks into Newtown Creek; globs of oil and a rainbow sheen constantly coat the surface of this small waterway separating Brooklyn and Queens. The spill 50% larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster is a major source of contamination throughout the New York Harbor. Carcinogens, lead, and a bevy of other toxins are carried for miles with the tides and currents. Though discovered 25 years ago and brought under state enforcement in 1990, remedial efforts have been a failure. The companies continue to violate federal law.

Timor oil spill 'massive environmental disaster'

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:08 -0400

Environmentalists fear a massive environmental disaster as the West Atlas oil rig continues to spew oil into the Timor Sea.

Barge company to take care of Mississippi River spill cleanup

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:51:43 -0400

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The owner of the barge that spilled 419,000 gallons of oil in the Mississippi River said Thursday that although his company was not to blame for the accident, it will be responsible for the cleanup. Paul Book, vice president of operations facilities for American Commercial Lines Inc., said at a news conference that divers were assessing the barge as it lay again More.. st a bridge pier. "We have reports of oil that is bubbling, coming from the bow and the stern compartments," he said. V-shaped booms containing skimmers have been placed below each compartment to collect and siphon off the oil, he said. The operation will be done twice. "We have high hopes that that will stop the release ... coming from the barge," Book said. The spill, which polluted 98 miles of one of the nation's busiest waterways, resulted from a collision early Wednesday between the 61-foot barge carrying the fuel and a tanker. The two collided just north of the massive bridges connecting downtown New Orleans to communities across the river. The tug Mel Oliver, which had been hired to push the barge upriver, had no properly licensed crew on board, Coast Guard officials said. The tugboat pilot had only an apprentice mate's license instead of the required master's license. The oil was being hauled from John W. Stone Oil Distributor in Gretna, Louisiana, Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young said. The Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are both investigating the accident. Book and Coast Guard Capt. Lincoln Stroh, the port captain in New Orleans, declined to respond to reporters' questions about how an unqualified pilot was hired. "American Commercial Line has stepped forward as being responsible for the spill cleanup, not responsible for the incident," Stroh said. "The investigation will clearly establish fault at a later date, but that's not a place to go right now." Book added, "We were not the operator ...

USCG Slideshow of San Francisco Cargo Ship Crash/Oil Spill

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:21:28 -0500

USCG Slideshow of San Francisco Cargo Ship Crash/Oil Spill.

Oil Spill Kills Fish,Devastates Wildlife And Peoples Livelihoods.

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:57:45 -0500

A state of emergency has been declared along South Korea's coastline after the nation's biggest oil spill.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger briefing on oil spill

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:27:44 -0500

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger briefing on oil spill.

Ecological Disaster Looms In The Yellow Sea.

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:01:42 -0500

Teams of up to 40 coastguard ships and 4 helicopters are struggling to contain an oil spill after a barge broke its lines and crashed into an oil tanker.