Sentences with phrase «devastating oil spills»

But we are also reminded that we are no more prepared to handle devastating oil spills now than we were 7 years ago.

«The threat of devastating oil spills associated with Trump's risky offshore drilling proposal puts coastal economies and ways of life at risk while worsening the consequences of climate change.

Canadian CEOs think both BP and the White House failed in their response to the devastating oil spill that continues to pour 800,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day.

Pupils of St. Peters Primary School, Apoi, a riverside community in Bayelsa State, sitting on huge oil and gas deposits, have been out of school for months owing to lack of teachers and a devastating oil spill ravaging the community, writes SIMON UTEBOR The weather was harsh despite the temperate breeze blowing from the riverside.

But we do know that offshore fracking increases California's risk of a devastating oil spill or release of toxic fracking fluid.»

This is a bill for energy independence after a devastating oil spill, a bill to hold polluters accountable, a bill for billions of dollars to create the next generation of jobs, and a bill to end America's addiction to foreign oil.»

So unless you live right on the Gulf Coast or make your living from its natural resources, a devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico just doesn't measure up to unpaid mortgages, college tuition or tutoring for the kids.

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It's the perfect follow up to Harriet's Home at Sea, a book about a little girl's home on the Great Barrier Reef and the devastating effects an oil spill has there.

«Instead of protecting our waters from another oil spill, like the one that devastated the Gulf, this new federal plan only increases the chances of another disaster taking place,» Cuomo said.

«An oil spill off our coast could be devastating.

An oil spill would devastate our coastal economy and cause irreparable harm to our environment.

Oil companies are no doubt dreaming of a northern oil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spilOil companies are no doubt dreaming of a northern oil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spiloil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spills.

For years, scientists have been inspired by nature to innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills — humanmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences.

New York University sociologist Harvey Molotch compares the devastating 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill with Deepwater to see how far the U.S. government and the oil industry have — and have not — come

Leading this research, Dr Katya Popova, from the National Oceanography Centre, said «Oil spills can have a devastating effect on the marine environment and on coastal communities.

But the subtle, long - term effects of even small amounts of spilled oil can be devastating as well, according to research published in the 6 June issue of Nature.

While the world waits to see if a «top kill» operation can seal off the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf, the staggering proposition of dealing with the more than 11 million gallons of crude spilled to date remains.

The Exxon Valdez oil spill recently marked its 20th anniversary, a reminder of the devastating impact that human activity can have on even the farthest reaches of the planet.

It started in 1970 and was inspired by the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969.

Mark Wahlberg is teaming up with «Lone Survivor» director Peter Berg again to star in this action - packed story chronicling the devastating aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Cage plays Colin Pryce (making the film's tagline — «Power always comes at a price» — that much funnier), a Louisiana politician who comes to national attention after an impassioned speech to Congress about the devastating impact of the BP oil spill on local communities.

When an oil spill devastated the Gulf Coast's wildlife, budding ornithologist Bouler, 11, wrote to the National Audubon Society and volunteered her help: she would draw pictures for people who contributed to the cleanup campaign.

The Marauders, set in a small bayou town devastated by the BP oil spill, is a darkly hilarious debut novel from Tom Cooper.

During that time, Beltrá has traveled across the seven continents, capturing stunning aerial photos of devastated locations, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The spills here are all the more devastating because this ecologically sensitive wetlands region, the source of 10 percent of American oil imports, has most of Africa's mangroves and, like the Louisiana coast, has fed the interior for generations with its abundance of fish, shellfish, wildlife and crops.

And with the way tar sands oil sinks in water, a tanker or pipeline spill in the area would be devastating for the region.

An oil spill could devastate endangered species like polar bears and bowhead whales, destroy habitat for millions of migratory birds, and jeopardize the subsistence - based Inupiat culture.

The network's latest advocacy for fossil fuels comes on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the most environmentally devastating oil tanker spill in American history.

«As we enter the second decade of the 21st century experiencing a horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a devastating natural gas explosion in California, death of 25 West Virginia coal miners, kidnapped uranium miners in Niger — it's about time for the United States to reposition itself as a global leader in solar and the entire portfolio renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies critical to our economic and national security,» said Scott Sklar, president of the Stella Group, which promotes renewable power generation.

As a surfer, sailor and business leader who experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of the 2010 BP oil spill, Jennifer's background contributes to protection of the ocean and coasts for the future

«As a surfer, sailor and business leader who also experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of the 2010 BP oil spill, Jennifer's wealth of experience and background will contribute to our mission to protect the ocean and coasts for the future.»

Offshore oil drilling would threaten Virginia's coastal communities and fishing and tourism industries with devastating spills, while enabling more of the fossil fuel pollution causing climate change and rising sea levels.

A scathing government investigation into the devastating July 2010 oil spill near Marshall, Michigan found Enbridge, the Calgary - based company that owned the pipeline, handled their response like the «Keystone Cops.»

Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated a vast stretch of the Alaskan coast, governments and industry in the Arctic would be unable to effectively manage a large oil spill, according to a new report by World...

«It's like losing a loved one,» says a devastated fisherman of the damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

As many of the spills in the region have never been cleaned up, oil has sunk deep into the water table and has devastated the local ecosystems.

Artists angry about BP's devastating spill in the Gulf of Mexico created an «oil slick» of their own Monday in front of the Tate Britain in London, protesting the museum's acceptance of sponsorship from the company.

But in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Turkish officials are increasingly expressing concerns that the heavy traffic could lead to a similarly devastating accident on the continent - splitting Bosphorus Strait, which carries 1.85 million barrels of oil a day through a city of 15 million people.

Burning and refining fossil fuel is polluting the air we breathe the water we drink and the fish we eat, not to mention the oil spills that devastate our coastlines.

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Pegeen Hanrahan, former mayor of Gainesville, Florida, said: «Throughout Florida, we watched as the BP oil spill devastated communities in the Gulf region.

Not only are they dealing with the devastating fallout of the BP oil spill, but they are struggling to keep up with ever - rising fuel costs too.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Oil companies are no doubt dreaming of a northern oil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spilOil companies are no doubt dreaming of a northern oil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spiloil rush, while environmentalists face nightmares of devastating spills.

A serious oil spill would devastate an already - stressed marine environment and risks collapses in the remaining salmon stocks and further contamination of shellfish beds, wiping out Indigenous fishing and harvesting rights.

A number of First Nations have expressed serious concerns to the JRP about potential impacts to their rights from the project due to the pipeline, increased tanker traffic, and the risk of an oil spill that could devastate their traditional territories, waters and resources.

The April 2010 explosion, fire, and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon resulted in an oil spill of devastating proportions in the Gulf of Mexico.

2010 also brought history's most trying tests of nature and mankind with BP's catastrophic Gulf oil spill, the Chilean mine collapse, and devastating earthquakes, outbreak of cholera, and alleged corruption in Haiti to name a few.