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Cedric Stephens | The riskiness of oil spills in a tourism-dependent region
02 Jun 2024 09:50 GMT
… 2010 and 2021
The Deepwater Horizon disaster, which was … Deepwater Horizon rig located in the Gulf of Mexico, was the world’s biggest oil spill … on IOPCF’s investigative capacity to find … the preceding questions. Oil spill preparedness training, according …
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Scientists investigate what happens when small oil spills aren't cleaned up properly — here's what they found
02 Jun 2024 05:03 GMT
… BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.
But smaller amounts of oil spill into … when they investigated the effects of oil spills in freshwater … around 600,000 gallons of oil spilled into our oceans, rivers … (a group that monitors oil spills).
Oil spills don't just …
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TX Barge Collision – 2,000 Gallons Of Oil May Spill Into Gulf Of Mexico
17 May 2024 18:18 GMT
… may have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck … evaluate the extent of the oil spill on May 16 while closing … Guard said.
Freed said an investigation is still underway.
The crash …
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Up to 2,000 gallons oil may spill into Gulf of Mexico as barge hits bridge in U.S. Texas
17 May 2024 05:16 GMT
… may have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck … evaluate the extent of the oil spill on Thursday, while closing about … Guard said.
Freed said an investigation is still underway.
The crash …
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Gulf of Mexico Pipeline Repaired After Mystery Oil Spill Off Louisiana
09 Apr 2024 02:12 GMT
A Unified Command has successfully completed an integrity test on the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company’s pipeline system, located southeast of New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish. This procedure was carried out in response to an oil release that was …
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Activists go toe to toe with Big Oil in court to challenge Trump-era Gulf of Mexico drilling allowance
26 Apr 2024 15:13 GMT
… activities in the entire Gulf of Mexico, a policy that … another catastrophic oil spill, like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon tragic disaster, … safely underground in the Gulf of Mexico. (…) The fossil fuel … the National Commission that investigated the causes of …
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Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick.
18 Apr 2024 13:50 GMT
… destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons … the story.
An Associated Press investigation that included dozens of interviews … worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port …
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Federal Investigations Into Baltimore Bridge Collapse Consider Wider Threats to Infrastructure
16 May 2024 22:47 GMT
… a party to the investigation.
Long-term Lessons
Homendy … immense complexity of the investigation.”
Along with continued evaluation … a nationwide board of inquiry to assess the efficacy … the 2010 response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill along the Gulf Coast. …
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14 years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to affect Louisiana
22 Apr 2024 00:20 GMT
… Coast waters, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico. A senior administration official told … sued BP and affiliates. As investigations began and information was released … even 14 years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to influence the ecosystems …
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How Gulf of Mexico Residents Are Pushing Back on the Oil and Gas Industry
30 Mar 2024 00:03 GMT
… the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, before an underwater … group that vowed to investigate environmental injustices in … oil spill by chance while on a survey mission for the BP Deepwater Horizon … In 2018, Earthjustice began investigating the leak in partnership …