An oil spill into Corpus Christi Bay has left lingering questions into what the full impact will be to wildlife and the environment, as well as to how effectively officials notified the public. The spill was first reported on Dec. 24, originating from a pipe failure at the Flint HillsContinue Reading
An oil spill into Corpus Christi Bay has left lingering questions into what the full impact will be to wildlife and the environment, as well as to how effectively officials notified the public. The spill was first reported on Dec. 24, originating from a pipe failure at the Flint HillsContinue Reading
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) — The company that operates an underwater oil pipeline that ruptured last year, spilling 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Huntington Beach — forcing a closure of beaches and fisheries — pleaded guilty Thursday along with two of its subsidiaries to violating the federal Clean WaterContinue Reading
When a pipe carrying a cyanide solution burst at a gold mine in Turkey’s eastern Erzincan province earlier this month, it failed to attract widespread media attention. Yet, with 20 cubic meters (706 cubic feet) of toxic solution spilling into the Karasu River, it is a major environmental disaster. The 450-kilometer-longContinue Reading
In 1971, just off the coast of South Africa, one of the worst environmental disasters at sea shocked the world. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil-contaminated waters and beaches close to the site before efforts were made to move the stricken ship out of harm’s way. However, inContinue Reading
More than a month after Peru’s worst ever environmental disaster on its coastline there are few signs of reckoning for Repsol, the Spanish energy company that manages the refinery where more than 10,000 barrels of crude oil spewed into the Pacific Ocean after a routine tanker discharge went awry. TheContinue Reading
More than two years after steelmaker ArcelorMittal spilled cyanide into a Northwest Indiana river — killing nearly 3,000 fish and shutting down public beaches on Lake Michigan as well as a drinking water facility — the company is finally having to pay. Cleveland-Cliffs, which acquired ArcelorMittal in 2020, must pay $3 million asContinue Reading
The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), which oversees the clean-up, started the initiative in October and now supports 160 women across several sites. The challenge is enormous. When the group broke for tea two-and-a-half hours into the morning shift, they had filled half a large basin with pellets. A nearbyContinue Reading
Cleanup operation off Orange County, October 3 (USCG) Published Oct 7, 2021 11:21 PM by The Conversation An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak in an underwaterContinue Reading
Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. Today we’re looking at California Democrats’ response to a major weekend oil spill, the political implications of Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinManchin clashes with fellow Democrats over fossil-fuelContinue Reading
