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Supreme Court Slashes Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Fine
2008-06-26 13:15:00 Most of this i am writing from information pulled from Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org Almost 20 years after the original oil spill the Supreme Court has ruled that Exxon will now only have to pay .5 billion of the original 5 billion dollars they orginally would have had to spend.
Ecuador Blames Chevron For Oil Spill While Petroecuador Gets No Blame At Al
2008-05-02 22:17:00 In a continuation of what's turning out to be a big fraud, Ecuador's pushing a lawsuit against Chevron that is $16 billion. That's right, $16 Billion. The Minority Report's Steven Foley explains:Ecuadorean indigenous groups have filed one of the largest environmental class action suits in history against an oil company to the tune of $16 billion and if successful could set a dangerous president.Ripping off the facade and digging under the surface of what at first glance looks to be nothing more than deserved retribution by indigenous groups who've suffered at the hands of Evil Big Oil one begins to see more clearly the forces behind this fraud are non other than Ecuador's own state run oil company Petroecuador, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, and the powers-that-be who are working feverishly to re-identify and usher in a new socialist South America.You see, the fact is, Chevron, through its Texaco subsidiary (which Chevron aquired in 2001) , operated an oilfield joint ve...
Highway Oil Spill Effects
2008-04-21 18:17:00 Taken from Highway Oil Spill Effects on ZerCustoms Have you ever wondered what a highway oil spill effects would be at 150 km/h? This video presents an Audi loosing control after it hits an oil puddle on the highway at exactly that speed. The driver however manages to regain control of the car eventually. Wat... Complete text here: Highway Oil Spill Effects More Miscellaneous news on ZerCustoms
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Oil Spill in the Loire River
2008-03-18 09:20:00 From AP: “Nantes ? About 3,000 barrels of fuel oil leaked in and along the Loire River after a pipe ruptured while a tanker was being loaded at a Total refinery, the company said Monday. Rescue teams used floating dams and Total mobilized a 200-person cleanup team to cope with the 400-ton spill at the Donges refinery ...
By: France travel
Samsung Shirks Responsibility for Oil Spill
2008-01-23 04:15:00 In December, Samsung was responsible for the worst oil spill in Korea’s history, a spill about 45 times larger that the recent spill in California. The oil caused widespread economic...
By: Green Options
SKorean oil spill worse than estimated(AP) (Asia news)
2007-12-20 11:13:00 SKorean oil spill worse than estimated(AP) AP - Nearly 80,000 barrels of oil were spilled from a punctured supertanker off South Korea's western coast earlier this month about 20 percent more than previous estimates, an official said Thursday. India's endangered elephants boosted by'corridor'opening(A-FP) AFP - An"elephant corridor"linking two forest reserves is being opened in southern India, giving the endangered animals unrestricted movement to feed and breed in the region, officials say. SKorean president-elect vows to revive economy, press NKorea on rights(AFP) AFP - South Korea's next leader Lee Myung-Bak on Thursday promised pragmatic policies aimed at revitalising the economy and persuading North Korea to denuclearise and improve its rights record. Russia frees Japan fishing boat captain(AP)AP - Russia released a detained Japanese fishing boat captain Thursday because of a chronic medical problem, a week after his boat and three others we...
The Dark Side of Crude: Firsthand Accounts of Korea?s Oil Spill Cleanup
2007-12-19 15:37:00 [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v-/BhqdwfRHI98" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] What?s it like helping to clean up after the single worst ecological disaster in a...
By: Green Options
ASIA: Worst Oil Spill In History Of Republic Of Korea
2007-12-17 14:19:00 The United Nations will lead an eight-person team of marine pollution and civil protection experts being deployed today to assess the 7 December oil spill in the Republic of Korea, the worst in the Asian nation's history. The team will comprise staff from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
Bae Yong-joon to Assist Oil Spill Cleanup
2007-12-13 15:40:00 Top star Bae Yong-joon will deliver 300,000 dollars worth of equipment to the site of the recent oil spill disaster Taean in South Chungcheong Province.BOF, Bae's management agency, said Bae decided to send money for some 10,000 volunteers so they can purchase equipment for restoration work. Three hundred thousand dollars will be delivered to the county office of Taean.After hearing news of the oil spill, Bae expressed his deep concern over the disaster and thanked the volunteers.Source: KBS GlobalTags: Bae Yong Joon, south korea, korea, oil spill
By: Hot K-Star
Massive Oil Spill Threatens Wetlands, National Park in South Korea
2007-12-12 17:35:00 Taean Peninsula, South Korea ? On Friday, 10 million liters (2.7m gallons) of crude oil gushed from three holes in the side of the Hebei Spirit oil tanker, spilling into the Yellow Sea offshore...
By: Green Options
Oil Spill Spreads In San Francisco Bay
2007-12-12 10:23:00 Oil leaked from a cargo ship that bumped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is washing up on beaches as far as 40 miles north of San Francisco, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. This video was captured by LiveCopter 3 HD.
Impact Of Sanfransico Bay Oil Spill Widens
2007-12-12 10:21:00 An oil spill in San Francisco Bay caused by a cargo ship has injured some marine life and will prove difficult to clean up, officials say.
Thousands mobilize to fight South Korea's worst oil spill
2007-12-09 13:47:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size SEOUL: Thousands of fishermen, soldiers and volunteers struggled on Sunday to clean up the worst oil spill in South Korea's history, an
By: Get rich
ASIA: Korea Officials Fighting to Block Spread of Oil Spill
2007-12-08 23:21:00 South Korea's maritime officials are struggling to contain the world's biggest oil spill in 4 1/2 years after a supertanker collided with a barge near Hyundai Oilbank Co.'s refinery on the nation's west coast. The slick was about 10 miles long as of 10 a.m. in Seoul today,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
South Korea's worst oil spill blackens coast(Reuters) (Asia news)
2007-12-08 13:12:00 South Korea's worst oil spill blackens coast(Reuters) Reuters - South Korean workers usingskimmers and containment fences battled on Saturday to clean upthe worst oil spill in the country's history, as the slickwashed ashore near a nature preserve on the west coast. Gates: Gulf nations must confront Iran(AP) AP - Persian Gulf nations must demand that Iran come clean ...
Oil Spill Reaches South Korea Shoreline
2007-12-08 06:25:00 Oil from a damaged supertanker has reached an ecologically sensitive shoreline on South Korea's western coast, a Coast Guard official said Saturday.
By: Get rich
Oil Spill Reaches Shoreline in SKorea
2007-12-08 05:28:00 Oil from a damaged supertanker has reached an ecologically sensitive shoreline on South Korea's western coast, a Coast Guard official said Saturday.
By: Get rich
ALASKA: BP subsidiary pleads guilty in Alaska oil spill
2007-11-30 05:05:00 The Alaska subsidiary of oil company BP pleaded guilty today to a federal environmental crime for failing to prevent a crude spill across a swath of delicate tundra in America's largest oil field.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
Oil spill crew isn't talking to NTSB
2007-11-15 00:09:00 (CNN) -- The crew of the ship that ran into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the water last week has retained lawyers and is not complying with requests for interviews from the National Transportation
By: Get rich
Criminal probe opened in bay oil spill
2007-11-13 09:34:00 SAN FRANCISCO - The entire crew of the cargo ship that sideswiped a bridge, causing San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades, were 2 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Oil spill kills 400 birds in San Francisco Bay
2007-11-13 08:41:00 Last Wednesday, the ship MV Cosco Busan crashed, resulting in an oil spill that killed about 400 birds in San Francisco Bay, California. Yesterday, the U.S. attorney in San Francisco announced that a federal criminal investigation has been opened to determine whether or not the captain and crew violated federal maritime laws. "Human error factors" he said, were likely involved.
U.S. Coast Guard: Masters of the Obvious: San Francisco Oil Spill
2007-11-12 22:56:00 I’m sure all of you have now heard about the Cosco Busan scraping it’s side against the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Today the Coast Guard released a statement saying that there were “probably some human error factors, but we need to determine the facts, because there’s no reason a ship like that ...
Google Maps Used To Show Oil Spill
2007-11-12 22:21:00 It’s unfortunate that they’re getting so much practice, but people are, in any event, learning to document disasters with Google Maps and Google Earth. The latest problem to get this treatment is the San Francisco oil spill. 58,000 gallons of oil were released into San Francisco Bay, and only around 12,000 gallons have been contained, according to CNN. Google comes into the matter with a post on the LatLong blog; James DeBoer writes, “The San Francisco Chronicle’s map provides numerous pictures of the slick and cleanup. The KCBS map also shows areas affected and roughly how far the oil has travelled.” Of course, that announcement amounts to a relatively minor role; it’s the users of Google’s software that are doing the heavy lifting. The search giant is probably proud of this, though, since it means that things are moving forward without money and a PR machine behind them. Google Maps and Google Earth have now been...
San Fran oil spill volunteers told to take loyalty oath & stay at home
2007-11-12 19:57:00 Hundreds of people showed up for "volunteer" trainings to help clean up one of San Francisco's worst oil spills in decades and were told to fill o1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Oil Spill Volunteers Told To Sign Loyalty Oaths & Go Away
2007-11-12 19:10:00 Once again I am left wondering what the hell is wrong with our leaders? Not only are they refusing volunteer help for cleanup efforts following the San Francisco Bay oil spill, but they are actually having them sign LOYALTY OATHS before sending them home, and handcuffing monks who took the initiative to clean over 500 bags of oil from a beach that had no cleanup effort going on at all!WTF? Seriously, name one oil spill that has occurred in the past 15 years that did not include both calls for volunteer help, as well as pictures and video of people cleaning beaches and wildlife. Yet now when hundreds of volunteers turn out to help clean up their public beaches they are being told to go away... but first sign this loyalty oath!What the F#@% is going on in this country???Thanks Firedoglake.com for pointing out this insanity... and thanks to the idiots in our government bureaucracy for creating it.
By: In-the-Weird
Inquiry into California oil spill
2007-11-12 17:32:00 The oil slick has affected miles of northern California coastline A criminal investigation has begun into an oil spill in San Francisco Bay that has closed nearly two dozen beaches and left scores of birds dead.
By: Get rich
Russia Facing Massive Oil Spill in the Black Sea
2007-11-12 16:26:00 Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea. The Nakhichevan was one of two freighters that broke up as 18-foot waves and high winds battered ships throughout the region. As many as 10 ships sank or ran aground in the northern Black Sea region during ...
By: The Hot Joints
Storms sink 5 ships; oil spilled, 23 missing
2007-11-12 04:56:00 MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- At least two sailors died and 23 were missing Sunday when five ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, the official Russia Today Web site said.
By: Get rich
San Francisco Oil Spill Disaster Solution: ?Frozen Smoke? Amazing Answer To
2007-11-10 22:21:00 www.maltastar.com An American chemist in 1931, fueled by a bet, invented the earliest formula for what today’s scientists are calling this generations greatest scientific discovery according to maltastar.com. The substance is named Aerogel and it is one of the lightest solids in the world. Aerogel is strong enough to withstand a “1kg dynamite ...
By: deansguide
58,000 Gallon Oil Spill Spreads in San Francisco Bay
2007-11-10 17:16:00 nytimes.com: Challenged by strong winds and tides, cleanup crews struggled Friday to contain an oil spill spreading in the San Francisco Bay as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for the area. No stranger to natural disasters in California, the governor traveled to the Bay Area on Friday for a briefing on the ...
By: Thought-Blender
San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
2007-11-10 02:12:00 Early in the morning on Wednesday, Novermber 8, a ship reported to be the Cosco Busan had a run-in with the San Francisco Bay Bridge, resulting in what is now calculated as the spillage of 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay. Never a good thing in itself at any time, the oil in the bay at this particular time is putting in danger the tens of thousands of birds on migration that annually arrive in the bay area. Immediate and comprehensive action is needed in order to help mitigate the damage that this spill has already caused and will cause in the weeks to come as more birds arrive.If you would like to volunteer to help or support the efforts to alleviate the damage of the Cosco Busan spill, contact the International Bird Rescue and Research Center (IBRRC) at (707) 207-0380, or visit the website of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. You may also make a donation to Point Reyes Bird Observatory's Oil Spill Response Team by e-mailing Nancy Gamble or calling (707) 781-2555 e...
Disaster Strikes San Francisco Bay: 58,000 Gallon Oil Spill Rocks Our Envir
2007-11-09 02:38:00 Courtesy www.sfgate.com A cargo ship bound for San Francisco collided with the Bay Bridge resulting in 58,000 gallons of fuel being dumped into the bay. Initial reports sited by Eric Bailey of the Los Angeles Times showed that the tides had spread the slick to “several beaches and threatened shorebirds, seals, and other marine mammals that ...
By: deansguide
The results of oil spills on our planet's mermaids!
2007-10-05 13:39:00 There was an oil spill above the cavern where Ariel keeps her collection and her mind has been slipping ever since. &title=">Buzz It!
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The Oil Spill at Lebanon
2007-10-05 13:37:00 This is a short video of the oil spill caused by the Israeli Army in Lebanon in Summer 2006. The footage was shot a few days after the war ended (or rested so far) in Beirut and Jbail (Byblos).In the early days of the war, the Israeli Air Force bombed a power plant in Jiyyeh, a coastal village about 30 km south of Beirut. Around 15'000 tons of oil spilled into the sea, polluting the whole Lebanese coast up to the north and even part of the Syrian coast. This catastrophe caused by the Israeli state is damaging the Lebanese environment and economy for a long term. &title=">Buzz It!
Toronto Harbour Oil Spill Cleanup Demo
2007-10-05 13:36:00 This is a demonstration given to CTV and the Canadian Coast Guard in Toronto Canada to show the process of an oil spill cleanup using wax.The spill was a mixture of Gasoline, Fuel Oil and Diesel the hot wax solidified all the oil and the oil spill was removed and placed into plastic garbage bags. &title=">Buzz It!
Oil spill pollution elimination through biotechnology
2007-10-05 13:27:00 The biotechnological method employing ECONADIN is used for eliminating an oil spill. Such quick elimination of oil pollution of the water and soil permits to:- Block the pollution in the shortest time and prevent its dispersal;- Eliminate pollution with minimum environmental damage;- Provide for prolonging the activity in restoring natural biocoenoses by using and stimulating self-purifying mechanisms. &title=">Buzz It!
Oil Spill Humor
2007-09-29 00:00:00 http://oceanlink.island.net/oce-anmatters/images/megaborg.jpeg- Oil spill humor? Didn’t think it was possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcU4t6zRAKg Satirists John Clarke & Brian Dawe of Australia take on a sticky subject. *
By: Garling Gauge
The Burnaby oil spill
2007-07-30 19:05:00 The huge Burnaby oil spill will lead to fascinating and potentially important legal proceedings over the next few years. While we don?t yet know why the excavator didn?t know it was about to dig into a pipeline, likely cases include: a Fisheries Act prosecution against one or more parties for di
Oil Spill in Vancouver Suburbs
2007-07-25 20:06:00 A geyser of oil sprung up from the streets of a Vancouver suburb yesterday, after a construction crew's backhoe inadvertently broke a pipeline that connected a refinery to a refuelling facility in the harbour.It's still unknown how much oil was spilled. Though certainly a small spill, the oil quickly made it's way into Burrard Inlent. Photo's below, courtesy of Global TV News.
Oil spill adds to flooded town's misery
2007-07-03 15:07:00 spill in floodwaters adds to town's misery - CNN.com Event.observe(window, 'load', Event.observe(window, 'onpageshow', function(evt) /US » allCookies lwpCookie allCookies[ 'lwp.
By: Get rich
Biological effects of oil spill linger on for decades, says study
2007-04-24 13:39:00 Washington, Apr 24 : Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found evidence that the biological effects of an oil spill linger on for decades after the spill.
By: newkerala.com
Totem pole recalls oil spill
2007-03-26 18:44:00 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 26 : An Alaska man has carved a 7-foot-high totem pole to mark the 18th anniversary of the largest oil spill in United States history.
By: newkerala.com
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