Oil Spill

Mysterious oil spill sparks national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago
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Mysterious oil spill sparks national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago

CNN  —  An overturned vessel has caused a huge oil spill along Trinidad and Tobago’s coastline, in what the Caribbean…
California spill not the environmental disaster first feared
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California spill not the environmental disaster first feared

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast,…
Delay after alarm puts California spill response in question
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Delay after alarm puts California spill response in question

Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern…
Records show slow response to report of California oil spill
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Records show slow response to report of California oil spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the…
Volunteers mobilize to clean Israel’s tar-coated beaches
Middle East

Volunteers mobilize to clean Israel’s tar-coated beaches

PALMACHIM BEACH, Israel (AP) — A small Israeli task force scoured the sands of a nature reserve along Israel’s Mediterranean…
Israel shuts Mediterranean shore after oil devastates coast
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Israel shuts Mediterranean shore after oil devastates coast

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice on Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill…
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads
Environment

Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage…
Iran clears oil spill in northern Gulf region, IRNA agency reports
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Iran clears oil spill in northern Gulf region, IRNA agency reports

(Reuters) – Iranian teams have cleaned up an oil slick near field in the northern region of the Gulf that…
Tanker off Yemen risks spilling four times as much oil as Exxon Valdez – UN
Middle East

Tanker off Yemen risks spilling four times as much oil as Exxon Valdez – UN

NEW YORK (Reuters) — If action is not taken to deal with a deteriorating oil tanker stranded off the coast…
Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast
Middle East

Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more…
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