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Australia declares oil spill disaster
Brisbane :: Australia | 8 months ago
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Australian authorities have declared several coastal areas near Brisbane disaster zones after a massive oil spill earlier this week, according to the Queensland government. "This is a very serious situation," Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said, according...
Tags: Queensland, oil spill, cargo ship, disaster zones, oil slick, Pacific Adventurer, Moreton Island, moreton islands, midnight oil, heavy machinery
Workers clean spilled oil from Australian beaches
Brisbane :: Australia | 8 months ago
Credibility Wildlife workers rescued turtle eggs and captured a few oil-coated pelicans off Australia's east coast Thursday while state officials assessed the extent of an oil spill from a cargo ship that was damaged in stormy seas. The Pacific Adventurer's fuel...
Tags: oil spill, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Moreton Island, disaster zones, Anna Bligh, Pacific Adventurer, ammonium nitrate, cargo ship, washing ups
Cosco Busan pilot pleads guilty in deal
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility John Cota, 61, admitted in a San Francisco courtroom that he acted negligently in piloting the 901-foot-long Cosco Busan in a heavy morning fog Nov. 7, 2007. He also admitted failing to disclose all the prescription drugs he was taking when he renewed...
Tags: San Francisco Bay Bridge, John Cota, pleads guilty, oil spill, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Cosco Busan
Auckland Viaduct oil spill may be deliberate
Auckland :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
Credibility He says a boat-owner would not have an oil spill and not be aware of it. Mr Lee-Richards says no wildlife has been affected.
Tags: oil spill, Auckland Viaduct, Auckland Regional Council, Aucklands, NZPA, cruise ship, Waitemata Harbour, Harbour Master, viaduct basin, hay bale
Ship firm still on hook for Cosco Busan crash
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility A federal judge rejected a ship operating company's attempt Tuesday to fend off criminal charges in the November 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill by blaming state and federal authorities for licensing the pilot who steered the vessel into the Bay Bridge. More...
Tags: Cosco Busan, oil spill, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, ship crash, criminal charged
Major Oil Slick Heading Toward Irish Coast
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility Irish authorities said Tuesday they are monitoring a major oil spill that is heading toward the Irish coast — the largest spill in the waters around Ireland in a decade. The Irish Marine Department said the oil slick was discovered close to where a Russian...
Tags: Ireland, Irish Marine Department, oil slick, Irish coast, Russian, Britain, aircraft carrier, oil spill, major oil
Oil spill exaggerated – Russian Navy
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility But according to a Russian Navy spokesman, the media are exaggerating the scope of the spill. The Navy says the ships were taking part in a refuelling exercise. The slick is in international waters about 80 kilometres off the Irish coast. Irish officials...
Tags: Ireland, oil spill, Irish Coast Guard, Irish Republic
Oil spill near Des Plaines River
Joliet :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The EPA will continue to monitor whether the spill harms wildlife, said Mitchell, who added that people would not be affected. Caterpillar has hired a contractor to clean up oil sludge that spilled on the ground, using excavation equipment, he said. In...
Tags: oil sludge, Des Plaines River, Chicago, Joliet Township Caterpillar, holding tanks, spill near, oil spill, Jim Mitchell, William Mitchell, near chicago
Scores killed in Kenya oil blaze
Molo :: Kenya | 10 months ago
Credibility Reports say the fire broke out after hundreds of people gathered to collect the spilt fuel in the town of Molo...One eyewitness told the Nation newspaper that it had been lit by people whom the police had prevented from getting the petrol. The newspaper...
Tags: Kenyan Red Cross, Molo, Nairobi, oil spill, free fuel, oil blaze, Rift Valley, kenya oil, petrol tanker, kenya red
Oil spills at North Slope's Milne Point
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility So far, there's no evidence that any oil from the 24,400-gallon spill at BP's Milne Point oil field on Monday morning contaminated the tundra, though it's possible that some saline water may have escaped on the snow, state regulators said. The spill is...
Tags: North Slope, oil spill, BP Milne Point
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