Exxon Valdez spill shaped history 36 years ago. What have we learned?
This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...
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Oil spill in Ecuador river brings emergency declaration
An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking ...
Airline pilot unions split on response to Boeing 737 MAX engine risk
A March 6 letter to Alaska Airlines pilots from the chair of their union safety committee downplays the risk from a flaw in ...
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Key questions answered on how the UK responds to oil spills
“In the case of an oil spill or any loss of hazardous cargo from the container ship involved, the speed of the response will also be crucial in limiting any impact.” – Whose job is it to ...
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Mustard oil or palm oil? Surgeon spills beans on which oil is best for cooking and which to avoid at all costs
Mustard oil or rice brain oil, the doctor spills the beans on which oil is healthy and which is not. Dr Jayesh Sharma is an oncologist specilising in breast and oral cancer. The doctor ...
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4 crewmen on dredger that hit vessel plead guilty over role in major oil spill in Singapore
The incident caused serious damage to a bunker vessel – the Singapore-flagged Marine Honour – and led to the worst oil spill in Singapore in 10 years. On March 12, Richard Ouwehand ...
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From oil spills to new species: How tech reveals the ocean
oil pollution incident," explained Mitchelle De Leon of US-based NGO SkyTruth. The group harnesses machine learning to comb through large datasets of satellite imagery and find spills that might ...