by faster | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Wilderness Committee DATE: June 15, 2020 SNIP: Wilderness Committee drone photos taken late Sunday afternoon show the extent of an oil spill this weekend from the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite the company’s attempts to minimize the situation. “We’re talking...
by faster | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Yale e360 DATE: June 9, 2020 SNIP: Diesel fuel from a 21,000-ton oil spill in the Russian Arctic has reached a freshwater lake that serves as a gateway into the Arctic Ocean, Russian officials announced. The spill, one of the largest in Russian history, has...
by faster | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN and USF News DATE: April 15, 2020 SNIP: A new study has revealed disturbing observations about the long-term impact of the 2010 BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Ten years after the spill, researchers are still finding oil in fish populations....
by faster | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: American Progress DATE: March 3, 2020 SNIP: On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 men and injured 17 other crew members. Over the next 87 days, an estimated 210 million gallons of oil spilled into the...
by faster | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Grist DATE: February 14, 2020 SNIP: After the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the spring of 2010, oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months straight, resulting in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. More than 200 million gallons of...
