WWII RMS Niagara shipwreck oil spill risk ignored despite $200m cleanup threat
It was sunk by Germany in the Hauraki Gulf but decades later its oil has never been retrieved. Maritime NZ had been ...
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‘Drill, baby, drill’ — Trump meets with oil executives at the White House
The discussion focused on the regulation of Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda which aims to make America energy independent ...
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Ecuador declares environmental emergency due to oil spill near Esmeraldas River
Ecuador declared an environmental emergency due to an oil spill near Esmeraldas River in the northwestern coastal province of ...
Apalachicola Riverkeeper continues fight against oil drilling permit in Apalachicola River
Almost a year ago, the Department of Environmental Protection intended to issue a permit to Clear Water Land & Minerals to allow exploratory oil drilling ...
Daily Mail13d
How are oil spills contained? Scientists reveal how floating barriers, chemicals, and even giant SPONGES can be used - after a tanker bursts into flames off the Yorkshir…
A growing oil spill in the Humber Estuary has sparked concerns of an environmental disaster after an oil tanker and cargo ...
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Britain's worst ever oil spill: As tanker collides with container vessel off Yorkshire coast... how ship grounding in 1967 caused devastation
What remains Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds in both the UK and France and seriously contaminated up to 70 miles of beaches. Today, after a collision between jet ...
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Wind direction could save coast from oil spill
The direction of the wind could save the North Yorkshire coast from suffering the effects of an oil spill following a collision between two ships, an expert has said. The tanker Stena Immaculate ...