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Ecuador Oil Spill Affected 150,000 People, UN Assessment Finds
15 Apr 2025 15:14 GMT
A massive oil spill in Ecuador last month has … gatherers and now face growing health risks and exposure to gender … have long term environmental and health repercussions.
UN Resident Coordinator in …
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Suffolk, state health officials issue warning against contact with water in Port Jefferson Harbor
15 Apr 2025 16:48 GMT
… I thought it was an oil spill or something."
The … the harbor," Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott … and viruses.
Suffolk County health officials are advising people to … People are told to seek medical attention if exposed to the …
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World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update
15 Apr 2025 02:03 GMT
… of service, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Additionally … harmony between communities.
Ecuador oil spill affects 150,000, UN … and now face growing health risks and exposure … long term environmental and health repercussions.
UN Resident Coordinator …
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‘Some type of oil spill’ discovered in Staten Island pond; residents raise alarm about polluted area
14 Apr 2025 16:27 GMT
… , N.Y. — A suspected “oil spill” is polluting a pond and … we have some type of oil spill,” said Tom Russo, chief … he describes as “a productive, healthy ecosystem.”
Hagen noted that the … pond when they discovered the oil spill around noon on Sunday, Cheryl …
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Keystone oil spill shows need to protect rights to protest and free speech
11 Apr 2025 19:34 GMT
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA (April 11, 2025)–In response to a reported 3,500 barrels of oil spilling from the Keystone pipeline this week in North Dakota, Sushma Raman, Interim Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, said: “We know fossil fuels are unhealthy at …
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Cleanup of Keystone Pipeline oil spill continues
11 Apr 2025 13:23 GMT
April 11, 2025
FORT RANSOM, N.D. (AP) – Workers have recovered thousands of gallons of crude oil from an underground pipeline spill on North Dakota farmland, the owner of the line said Thursday, but it remains unclear when oil will again start flowing to …
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Oil spill response languishes as Louisiana reorganizes its oversight agencies
10 Apr 2025 15:02 GMT
… s transfer of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO … policy director with nonprofit Healthy Gulf, also worries about … , however. Public records Healthy Gulf obtained and shared … Plaquemines Parish.
According to Healthy Gulf’s review of …
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War in the Gulf (No, Not That Gulf!)
15 Apr 2025 20:20 GMT
… Earth where we still have healthy salmon runs,” she tells me … , right after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. A former naval navigator in …
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3 Months After L.A. Fires, Health Officials Lift Ocean Water Warnings
11 Apr 2025 19:44 GMT
… the Bay
Los Angeles Public Health Department officials have lifted … ,” the Department of Public Health said in a statement Wednesday … an unfolding environmental and public health disaster right before our … to the scale of an oil spill. Thus far though, the …
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From Motoman to cobots: a journey through decades of robotics evolution
15 Apr 2025 18:52 GMT
… .S. president; the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Alaska; and the … markets like food processing, farming, medical procedures, entertainment and personal care …