Exxon Valdez spill shaped history 36 years ago. What have we learned?
This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...
World War II era shipwreck could trigger $200m oil spill cleanup
The ship is thought to be carrying "furnace oil", described as dark thick, and when spilled, pernicious - but the government ...
The $200m threat lying beneath the Hauraki Gulf
Documents reveal the RMS Niagara shipwreck could cause a $200 million oil spill clean-up, and while Maritime NZ has ...
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Don’t spill the oil: diving into the aftermath of an environmental disaster
On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on British Petroleum’s offshore drilling rig (a machine that drills holes into the earth’s surface to drill oil and construct wells) in the Gulf of ...
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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The U.S. Had The World's Largest Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico, & The Wildlife Impacts Are Now Showing
In December 2024, Russian tankers were responsible for a massive oil spill in the Black Sea. The result was a loss of aquatic life and animals who lived near the shores of the sea. Unfortunately ...
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For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...
$3B LA lawsuit could ‘destroy’ gulf energy industry, critics warn, as state’s position questioned
Louisiana is ground zero for a slew of potentially landmark environmental lawsuits, some supported by the state's pro-energy governor.