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Denver — Having already funded research on the health of dolphins affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund will now help the rare saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.

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That was followed in 2012 by Victoria newspaper publisher David Black's much more ambitious but somewhat speculative Kitimat Clean project, consisting of a $ 25 - billion oil refinery in the northern town that would create jobs and taxes in B.C. while ensuring that the exports were of finished products rather than the diluted bitumen from the oilsands whose behavior in the case of a marine spill is virtually unknown.

In this case, the pipeline expansion was further complicated by the fact that a related Enbridge pipeline involved in oil imports from Canada spilled nearly one million gallons of oil in Marshall, Mich., in July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline faileIn this case, the pipeline expansion was further complicated by the fact that a related Enbridge pipeline involved in oil imports from Canada spilled nearly one million gallons of oil in Marshall, Mich., in July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline failein oil imports from Canada spilled nearly one million gallons of oil in Marshall, Mich., in July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline failein Marshall, Mich., in July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline failein July 2010 after tape intended to prevent corrosion on the pipeline failed.

By capping oil - by - rail traffic in the province while the proposed panel goes over the spill science, the B.C. New Democrats squeeze off pipelines and companies» backup shipping plaBy capping oil - by - rail traffic in the province while the proposed panel goes over the spill science, the B.C. New Democrats squeeze off pipelines and companies» backup shipping plaby - rail traffic in the province while the proposed panel goes over the spill science, the B.C. New Democrats squeeze off pipelines and companies» backup shipping plan.

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed a pipeline blast at an oil field operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in BayelOil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed a pipeline blast at an oil field operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayeloil field operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in BayelOil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa.

A well operated by Anadarko Minerals Inc. spilled a» substantial» amount of oil in the central region of the Fort Peck Reservation in northeast...

The possibility of an oil spill off the coast of Metro Vancouver looms large in the minds of B.C. residents, saying by a margin of five - to - one that it is the single biggest concern they have about the Trans Mountain project.

In the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shippeIn the case of an oil spill cleanup, the costs are likely to be directly incurred by an insurance company, but the premiums paid for that insurance come at the expense of the value of the oil transportation service — the higher the expected clean - up costs from oil spills, the higher insurance premiums will be, and this will mean higher pipeline tolls, which in turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shippein turn implies lower profits, taxes, and royalties on the products shipped.

One spill is too many but pipelines are much safer than rail for transporting oil By Kenneth P. Green, Elmira Aliakbari and Ashley Stedman The Fraser Institute State regulators in... Read more»

Shares in the oil drilling services firm Transocean (RIG) are rising by about 2.5 % premarket after the company said it had reached two settlements related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.

The program will be funded by marketing dollars given to the board by BP to help the Louisiana Seafood industry regain lost market share following the Gulf Oil Spill in 2010.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has threatened to turn into a geopolitical spat, with British politicians increasingly irritated by President Obama's tough rhetoric.

A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo - Dutch energy giant Shell by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents demanding action over decades of oil spills in the region.

The commission was forbidden by law from considering a recent oil spill in South Dakota on the existing Keystone pipeline in its decision.

«We have also asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to activate all appropriate federal disaster declaration clauses that would enable the SBA to assist the small businesses in the state that will be impacted by the oil spill...

66 actions have been implemented to strengthen standards, regulations and procedures to make the transport of crude oil by rail and water in New York safer, and to improve spill preparedness and response.

In Brooklyn, one of the nation's largest oil spills in an almost century - old tank site originally owned by Standard Oil, has not yet been fully dealt witIn Brooklyn, one of the nation's largest oil spills in an almost century - old tank site originally owned by Standard Oil, has not yet been fully dealt wioil spills in an almost century - old tank site originally owned by Standard Oil, has not yet been fully dealt witin an almost century - old tank site originally owned by Standard Oil, has not yet been fully dealt wiOil, has not yet been fully dealt with.

Surface slicks may account for as little as 2 per cent of the oil now spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study of a controlled deep - water spill conducted in 2000 by the US Minerals Management Service and a consortium of oil companies, including BP.

Tests in soils affected by oil and gas wastewater spills in West Virginia and North Dakota verify that the new methods can determine the age of spills and identify their origins, based on the variations of radium isotopes and their decay products found in contaminated soils or sediments.

The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) seeks to put a complete stop to oil spills in the Baltic Sea by 2021.

The Security Project calls for the Defense Department to be much more involved in the region to match the militaries of other Arctic nations, and questions whether current policy frameworks, such as an Arctic strategy released by the Coast Guard this year, will be enough to prepare for potential oil spills, accidents and shipping traffic challenges.

According to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 25, oil giant ExxonMobil will pay the equivalent of 24 hours» worth of petroleum sales to the people impacted by the 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled into Prince William Sound in Alaska.

A sorry catalogue of technical, safety and regulatory failures all contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an interim independent report commissioned by the US Department of the Interior and published today.

NOC scientist, Dr Andrew Yool, who collaborated in this study, discussed how the approach used during these model simulations could help optimise future search and recovery operations at sea by rapidly modelling oil spills in real - time.

The case is In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig «Deepwater Horizon» in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, No. 10 - md - 0217In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig «Deepwater Horizon» in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, No. 10 - md - 0217in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, No. 10 - md - 02179.

There are immediate reasons to study the vocal patterns of cetaceans: these marine mammals are threatened by human activities through competition for fishery resources, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with vessels, exposure to pollutants and oil spills and, ultimately, shrinking habitats due to anthropogenic climate change.

For 25 years, methodical research by scientists has investigated the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 on Alaskan communities and ecosystems.

Back - to - back major earthquakes in Haiti and Chile were quickly succeeded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

However, tens of thousands of leaky auto engines whizzing over already polluted urban environments can't compare with the damage done to a pristine environment by a single oil tanker such as the Exxon Valdez, which spilled 10 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989.

They also use various materials and methods to see what will best clean up an oil spill simulated in a 9 - by -9-inch pan.

In one of Cunningham's activities, designed to fit the standards, elementary students clean up a hypothetical oil spill much the way an environmental engineer would: by proposing solutions and conducting hands - on tests.

As part of a massive lawsuit sparked by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, lawyers for BP asked to see thousands of internal e-mails and documents that researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution had created as they worked with the U.S. government and BP to determine the size of the historic spill.

Yet because of the difficulty in collecting samples from so far below the ocean surface, and because of the large area that was impacted by the spill, a number of gaps in understanding the fate of the oil over time remained.

The reef effort is the kind of science - based project many Gulf stakeholders had in mind when they pushed for a federal act, called RESTORE, that allocated to Gulf restoration much of the potentially billions of dollars in fines and penalties that will be paid by those responsible for the oil spill.

More than five years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef off the coast of Alaska, the people who claim they were harmed by the massive oil spill are finally having their day — or rather, their months — in court.

Using data of crude oil transported out of North Dakota in 2014, Muller says the team found «that air pollution and greenhouse gas costs of shipping crude oil by rail are much larger than spill and accident costs.»

Norwegian researchers in Trondheim have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature's own ability to clean up after oil spills.

The technology was developed at WPI by a team led by Ali Rangwala, professor of fire protection engineering, as an outgrowth of research funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior aimed at assessing the feasibility of using in - situ burns to clean up oil spills in remote locations in the Arctic, where harsh weather can make it difficult to quickly mobilize clean - up equipment and crews.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Waste material generated by Malaysia's sago palm industry has potential for use as an adsorbent for cleaning up oil spills, according to a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology.

After a triage process to see whether an idea has already been considered, those that progress are reviewed by some 50 experts in bioremediation, oil - spill technology, and mechanical engineering and separation.

In the area by the spill itself, «anything that's in the upper water column is going to be exposed» to oil chemicals, Shirley sayIn the area by the spill itself, «anything that's in the upper water column is going to be exposed» to oil chemicals, Shirley sayin the upper water column is going to be exposed» to oil chemicals, Shirley says.

The spill, which also included by an unknown quantity of crude oil, is by far the largest spill of its kind in the state's history, officials said

After ruling out previous causes of such mass deaths — cold weather, disease like morbillivirus and even poisoning by algal bloom — fisheries scientists are left with only one conclusion: «Put all that evidence together and it supports the hypothesis that the oil spill contributed to the increase in deaths,» says veterinarian Stephanie Venn - Watson of the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego.

Green leaders worry that if Bush administration plans to expand offshore oil drilling are not overturned by President Obama, oil spills in U.S. waters could remain a sad fact of life.

As eagerness to explore the Arctic's oil and gas resources grows, the threat of a major Arctic oil spill looms ever larger — and the United States has a lot of work to do to prepare for that inevitability, a panel convened by the National Research Council (NRC) declares in a report released today.

In fact, living bottlenose dolphins from those areas got a relatively clean bill of health when examined by researchers a year after the spill whereas dolphins from Barataria Bay in Louisiana — the oiliest place in the wake of the Gulf oil spill — had a series of health issues, and one pregnant female was carrying a dead fetuIn fact, living bottlenose dolphins from those areas got a relatively clean bill of health when examined by researchers a year after the spill whereas dolphins from Barataria Bay in Louisiana — the oiliest place in the wake of the Gulf oil spill — had a series of health issues, and one pregnant female was carrying a dead fetuin Louisiana — the oiliest place in the wake of the Gulf oil spill — had a series of health issues, and one pregnant female was carrying a dead fetuin the wake of the Gulf oil spill — had a series of health issues, and one pregnant female was carrying a dead fetus.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

The abundance of turtles in the vicinity of the oil spill was derived by forward - tracking particles from 35 major nesting beaches using knowledge of their population sizes, oceanic - stage durations, and survival rates.

Suggestions to read in today's digest are: a review about microbiological methods applied in studies following the deepwater horizon oil spill by S.Zhang, a paper by W. Pootakham on dynamics of coral ‐ associated microbiomes during a thermal bleaching event and a paper by X. Jiang on a novel auxotrophic interaction among soil microbes.