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Strange: Oil spills during monsoon
Sūrat :: India | 3 months ago
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This year too, oil spill took place on August 2 and 7. "During the entire year, the beach remains clean and there is no pollution in sea as well. We don't know what happens in the monsoon season that oil and grease balls come up on the beach. I think...
Tags: oil spill
Black sticky substance pollutes beaches of Gujarat!
Valsād :: India | 3 months ago
Credibility Black sticky substance pollutes beaches of Gujarat Ahmedabad: Big lumps of black sticky substance were found on the beaches of south Gujarat districts of Navasri, Valsad and union territory of Daman, government officials said here on Monday. Y A Tai...
Tags: Indian Coast Guard, oil spill, black sticky, sticky substance, Gujarat Maritime Board, Gujarat Ahmedabad
'Price hike not caused by deregulation'
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility The typical Queensland household now pays more for electricity than council rates. And the situation is expected to worsen, with state-owned power distribution company Energex predicting a 10 per cent increase in prices next year. This would mean a 50...
Tags: Queensland, Australia, oil spill, Swire Shipping
Oil spill closes roads in San Carlos Park
San Carlos Park :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The San Carlos Park Fire Department has closed several lanes of road after an oil spill at the intersection of Alico and Lee roads. Between 50 and 75 gallons of hydraulic oil spilled at the intersection, covering about a mile of road, according to spokeswoman...
Tags: oil spill, Alico Road
Swire holds Canberra talks over spill
Canberra :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility The shipping company at the centre of one of Australia's worst environmental disasters says its talks with federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese were "robust and constructive". On March 11, the Pacific Adventurer cargo ship lost 31 containers overboard...
Tags: Federal Transport, Swire Shipping, oil spill, transport minister
Oil spill company offers compensation
Brisbane :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility Oil spill ship company offers higher compensation July 22, 2009 11:31am THE shipping company behind one of Australia's worst environmental disasters has offered to pay more in compensation than it is legally required to do. On March 11, the Pacific...
Tags: oil spill, Swire Shipping, pacific adventurer, Moreton Bay
Cosco Busan pilot gets 10 months in prison
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility John Cota, 61, pleaded guilty in March to misdemeanor charges of negligently polluting the waters and killing more than 2,000 migratory sea birds that were caught in the oil slick from the Cosco Busan. At today's hearing in San Francisco, defense lawyer...
Tags: John Cota, San Francisco Bay, Cosco Busan, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, oil spill
Australian Broadcasting Company: Govt needs to prove company's oil spill pledge
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility A maritime law expert says the Queensland Government will have to prove the shipping company responsible for a massive oil spill promised to foot the whole clean-up bill. Both the Queensland and Federal governments are demanding Swire Shipping pay the...
Tags: oil spill, Queensland
Company turns tight on oil spill costs
Sunshine Coast :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility The cyclone-buffeted ship leaked 270,000 litres of fuel into Moreton Bay in March, blackening beaches on Moreton and Bribie islands and along the Sunshine Coast. But lawyers for Swire Shipping wrote to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh this week saying the...
Tags: oil spill, Queensland
Exxon to pay interest on Valdez oil spill damages
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Alaska — Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. says it won't appeal hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on punitive damages resulting from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Irving, Texas-based company will pay $470 million in interest on more than $507.5...
Tags: punitive damages, oil spill, Exxon Mobil Corp., valdez oil, Exxon Valdez
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