Tag: oil spill
1 million gallon oil leak in Gulf of Mexico detected by...
Officials said the leak might be from the Main Pass Oil Gathering Company's (MPOG) pipeline system off the coast of New Orleans.
Ships are dumping oil up to 3,000x per year in Europe’s...
“Whether it is a lack of resources by relevant national authorities, or flaws in EMSA’s accountability system, bilge dumping remains an uncomfortable and toxic reality in our oceans.”
Sunlight plays key role in oil spill cleanup, study finds
It establishes that sunlight plays a bigger role in the fate of oil spills than previously thought, ScienceNews reported.
Taylor Energy agrees to pay for cleanup of longest-running oil spill...
Taylor Energy will pay upwards of $43 million in penalties and transfer $432 million as a trust to the Department to start cleaning up the 17-year spill.
A massive oil spill helped one billionaire avoid paying income tax...
Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.
Mariner East 2 pipeline charged with 48 environmental crimes in Pennsylvania
A grand jury report detailed extensive spills during the multi-year construction project.
Birds and other wildlife found covered in oil in Gulf of...
While there is no official estimate of how much crude oil spilled from the Alliance Refinery, LDWF said it could take weeks to save the affected wildlife.
Fossil fuel leaks, spills, flaring & chemical releases after Hurricane Ida...
The damage done after Hurricane Ida from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry could be among the worst of such events ever recorded.
Divers find likely source of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico...
The spill is located 2 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana and has so far remained at sea and has not impacted the shoreline.
Tropical cyclone causes miles-long oil slick
Oil spills have become an "unfortunate byproduct" of building large oil rigs in hurricane-prone areas.