Clean Water for Nearly 10 Million People Threatened by Red Sea’s Aging Oil Tanker: Study

October 12, 2021 Environment

By Kenny Stancil An abandoned supertanker holding more than one million barrels of crude oil has been slowly corroding off Yemen’s coast, and a new study out Monday warns that the consequences of an “imminent” spill in the Red Sea could be graver than initially thought—cutting off access to clean water and food aid for millions […]

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After Decades, Oil Giant Shell Agrees to Pay $111 Million for Destruction in Nigeria

August 12, 2021 Environment

By Jessica Corbett Following decades of protests and demands over the damage done, Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday finally agreed to pay $111 million for oil spills that have polluted Nigerian communities for more than a half-century. “They ran out of tricks and decided to come to terms,” Lucius Nwosa, a lawyer representing a lawyer […]

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EPA Orders Shutdown Of St. Croix Refinery After Oil “Rains Down” On The Island

May 30, 2021 Environment

By Tyler Durden It was literally raining oil in St. Croix a couple weeks ago – and not in the good “newly discovered oil”-type way most people know from movies and TV. The oil falling from the sky was the result of a “flare incident” that took place at the Limetree Bay refinery; the incident […]

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Israel Imposes Gag Order On Probe Into Oil Spill Dubbed “Most Serious Ecological Disaster” In Years

February 24, 2021 Environment,Video

By Tyler Durden Israeli authorities have closed down miles of beaches as the county is in the midst of its “most serious ecological disaster in recent years” after an oil spill from an unknown origin occurred some dozens of miles off the coast into the Mediterranean Sea. The Ministry of Environmental Protection indicated that tar was “washing up and contaminating […]

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“After 13 Years, Justice!” Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil to Pay for Harm Done to Nigerian Farmers

January 29, 2021 Environment

By Andrea Germanos Global environmental justice campaigners heralded a Dutch court’s ruling Friday that Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary must pay punitive restitution to Nigerian villages for oil spill contamination that brought death, illness, and destruction to Nigerian farmers and communities. “After 13 years, justice!” tweeted Friends of the Earth Europe. The legal effort seeking […]

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Marine Ecosystems and Livelihoods at Risk if Venezuelan Oil Tanker Sinks

October 18, 2020 Environment

By Zico Cozier The FSO Nabarima, a huge oil tanker containing approximately 1.3 million barrels of crude oil, has taken on water and is leaning to one side off a remote stretch of Venezuela’s coast in the Gulf of Paria. As authorities in Trinidad and Tobago, the twin island nation located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 […]

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Court Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down in Major Win for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

July 6, 2020 Environment

By Elias Marat A U.S. federal court has ordered the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to immediately halt operations and evacuate all oil from the pipeline over concerns about its likely environmental impact and the potentially existential risk it poses to the land belonging to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The decision, handed down by […]

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Lawsuit Will Target Oil Companies For Wiping Out Belugas In Alaska

February 14, 2020 Environment

By John Vibes Two environmental groups have issued a warning that they will be filing a lawsuit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), alleging that the agency violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing permits for oil and gas exploration in Cook Inlet in southern Alaska. The law required the agency to have […]

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New Study Shows BP Oil Spill Was Much Larger Than Previously Known

February 13, 2020 Environment

By Julia Conley Ten years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster sent hundreds of millions of gallons of oil across the Gulf of Mexico, researchers say the reach of the damage was far more significant than previously thought. In a study published Wednesday in Science, Claire Paris-Limouzy and Igal Berenshtein of the University of Miami revealed that a significant […]

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The Lawyer Who Fought Chevron for “Chernobyl of the Amazon” is Now a “Corporate Political Prisoner”

February 11, 2020 Environment

By Dylan Charles Last year the world was shocked by the devastating fires which tore through the Amazon rainforest. People from all corners of the globe voiced their sadness and support on social media, celebrities came forth with pledges of support, and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro become the public face of the ruin of the […]

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Indigenous Group Wins Lawsuit To Protect Amazonian Land From Oil Companies

January 25, 2020 Environment

By John Vibes This week, a Peruvian indigenous group won a lengthy court battle to save their land from oil exploration. The land is located in the Amazon, along the border between Peru and Brazil. There have been plans to turn the land into an oil field, until the scheme was blocked in court by […]

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Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Sites Visible from Space

January 17, 2020 Environment

Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last two years, and scientists can use satellites to see impacts of that trend: a significant increase in the release of the lung-irritating air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, for example, and a more-than-doubling of the amount of gas flared into the […]

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Mysterious Ongoing Oil Spill is Already Brazil’s Worst on Record

October 31, 2019 Environment,Video

By Alex Pietrowski It’s already being called the worst oil spill in Brazil’s history, and no one knows where the oil is coming from or how to stop it. First appearing in September, crude oil began washing up on the country’s northeastern beaches, and to date over 1200 miles of Brazil’s most idyllic and picturesque […]

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Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leaking Oil in North Dakota and Nobody’s Talking About It

October 31, 2019 Environment

By Emma Fiala A pipeline carrying tar sands oil into the United States from Canada has reportedly leaked an unknown amount of oil across North Dakota. The pipeline’s owner, TC Energy—formerly known as TransCanada—shut down the pipeline as a result of the leak. TC Energy immediately began the process to shut down the pipeline, activated […]

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Mushrooms Used for Bioremediation To Clean Pesticides From Oregon Waterways

October 18, 2019 Environment

By Mayukh Saha Most environmentalists are trying to reduce carbon emission and plant more trees to create a positive impact on Earth and its climate. However, there is another way to deal with this problem – that is by cleaning up pollutants and, in a way, reversing the effects of pollution. That is what Ocean […]

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Shell Oil Corporation Burning Gas For Months Because They Can’t Sell It — Surrounding Communities Affected

October 5, 2019 Environment,Video

By John Vibes The Shell oil corporation is burning off large volumes of ethane because they can’t sell it to their regular customer, which is a plant on the same property owned by ExxonMobil. The location is officially known as “Mossmorran,” and is used by numerous oil and gas companies. Residents near the property where […]

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Chemistry Technique Developed By Researchers That Turns Plastic Into Clean Fuel

October 4, 2019 Environment,Natural Living,Video

By Mayukh Saha This is one waste problem that could instead be turned into a boon for our energy-starved planet. We are drowning in plastic and have already produced 8.3 billion tons of plastics in just 65 years, equivalent in weight to 25,000 Empire State Buildings. This will take ages to decompose and will cause […]

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Chevron Has Spilled 800,000 Gallons of Crude Oil and Water Into a California Canyon Since May

July 15, 2019 Environment

By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch California officials ordered Chevron Friday “to take all measures” to stop a release that has spilled around 800,000 gallons of water and crude oil into a dry creek bed in Kern County, KQED reported. The order, issued by the new acting head of the state’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) Jason Marshall, also […]

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Conflicted Judge Protects Chevron Abuse of Amazon Villagers’ Attorney Donziger

June 3, 2019 Environment

By Aaron Kesel Abused lawyer, Steven Donziger, may get justice as shareholders rise up against Chevron’s CEO. It is a classic David vs. Goliath tale, where New York Attorney Steven Donziger won a decade-long case for $9 billion against Chevron. Texaco was acquired by Chevron after Texaco dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into […]

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Federal Judge Rules That The Public Has No Right To Know About Dakota Pipeline Spills

April 28, 2019 Environment

By Arjun Walia In Brief The Facts: A federal judge has now given Energy Transfer Partners legal permission to hide information about which areas of the pipeline are at risk for spills. Reflect On: Why are we still using oil when humanity have several other means to generate energy? Why is the corporate dominance of […]

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