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Icy oil spill easier to clean, scientists say
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 4 days ago
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Research funded by oil interests conflicts with conventional wisdom. Published: November 17th, 2009 10:32 PM Last Modified: November 17th, 2009 10:41 PM Scientists funded by Shell and six other oil companies say that cleaning up oil spills in Arctic...
Tags: oil spill, Anchorage, Ocean pollution, Oil, Environmental issues with petroleum, Oils, Hazards, Disaster Accident, Technology Internet, Environment
Divers searching Aquatic Park for 8-month son of slain Oakland woman
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Divers were at Aquatic Park this morning probing the waters for the missing 8-month-old son of a 23-year-old Oakland woman found slain at the park Friday morning, authorities said. The missing child was reported to Oakland police early today by relatives...
Tags: Berkeley, aquatic parking, oil spill, Oakland, Aquatic Park, Oakland California, Berkeley California, Oakland International Airport, Law Crime, COSCO, Bird, Surf Scoter, Raptor Education Group, Oil spills, Cosco Busan oil spill, San Francisco Bay, Disaster Accident, Environment, KTVU, Alameda California, Environmental issues with petroleum, Hazards, Ocean pollution, Frankel, Prostitution
Coast guard kills an oil spill
Mumbai :: India | 17 days ago
Credibility The aim of the exercise was to test the preparedness of these agencies to take quick action in case of an oil spill. Five ships, hi-tech equipment, choppers, and aircraft were used in the exercise, which is conducted twice a year. After the exercise,...
Tags: oil spill
Inquiry into Montara oil spill launched
Sydney :: Australia | 18 days ago
Credibility David Borthwick has been appointed to lead an inquiry into a major oil spill off the Western Australian coast. The oil began leaking on August 21 in the Montara field near the West Atlas oil rig, more than 200km north-west of WA's Kimberley coastline,...
Tags: oil spill, Western Australian, West Australian, oil rig, Australian Greens, Montara, West Atlas
Oil spill cleanup continues on Alameda shore
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Cleanup crews and volunteers picked up globules of sandy tar and chased down oily birds on an Alameda beach Monday, three days after a refueling mishap caused as much as 800 gallons of bunker fuel to spill into San Francisco Bay. Images More Bay Area...
Tags: Alameda, oil spill, spill cleanup
China cleans oil spill from freighter
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 20 days ago
Credibility Thirty-seven people on board, including a two-year-old boy, were rescued. The freighter was damaged in the accident and fuel began to spill shortly afterwards...Xinhua news agency quoted the maritime bureau as saying that 30 cleaners aboard four vessels...
Cleanup ongoing for San Francisco Bay oil spill
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Calif. — Cleanup crews are still sopping up fuel that washed up on Alameda County beaches after last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay. Coast Guard officials say 400 to 800 gallons of oil spilled onto the deck of the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star...
Tags: oil spill, San Francisco Bay, cleanup crews, Alameda County
Leaking oil rig ablaze in Timor sea
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 20 days ago
Credibility Australasia said no-one was injured and non-essential workers were evacuated after the fire broke out on the West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform yesterday. The blaze started when workers began pumping heavy mud into a leaking well casing. Australasia's...
Tags: West Atlas, oil rig, atlas rig, Timor Sea, Indonesian, heavy mud, Australasia, oil spill, Western Australia
Crews focusing on Alameda shore in oil cleanup
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Work crews are focusing their efforts on the Alameda shoreline as the cleanup from an oil spill in San Francisco Bay continues. Coast Guard officials say 18 vessels have been pressed into service after fuel oil from the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star leaked...
Tags: Coast Guard, oil spill, Alameda, San Francisco Bay, Bay Farm Island
Montara oil spill report
Sydney :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility The report describes the results from a survey of marine life in the region of the Montara oil spill. The seven day survey was undertaken by a team of three marine biologists who studied the birds, marine reptiles and mammals in the area to identify impacts...
Tags: oil spill, Montara, immediate risk
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