For those of you running for your calculators, yes it's a small fraction of one percent of the oil initially spilled, but the researchers say their findings have implications
for future oil spill cleanup and that «considerable amounts of chemicals» harmful to wildlife remain: Two Layers of Gravel Keep Oil From Dispersing What's happening is the result of the composition of the beaches affected.
This has implications
for future oil spills and how we take advantage of the natural environmental response.»
Not exact matches
12.21 Cameron says he has now had two phone calls with President Obama about the BP
oil spill and that it is essential
for Britain that BP is strong and secure
for the
future.
Beyond improvements to fuel efficiency and
oil spill remediation, there are currently few easy methods to generate a stable vortex in the lab, so the team hopes their discovery of the «blue swirl» can serve as a natural research platform
for the
future study of vortices and vortex breakdown in fluid mechanics.
«Our estimate can guide policy makers and the
oil industry in determining not only how much should be spent on restoration efforts
for the Deepwater
spill, but also how much should be invested to protect against damages that could result from
future oil spills,» said Boyle.
En masse, they form a mechanical multitude an order of magnitude larger than any robot swarm ever built — a possible precursor to
future robot work squads choreographed
for chores such as cleaning up
oil spills.
Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the combustion of crude
oil floating on water demonstrated its potential to become an effective tool
for minimizing the environmental impact of
future oil spills.
Charlie is not a singer; he manages a boxing robot in some near -
future period when the dominant spectator sport blends ultimate fighting and monster trucks — large robots attempt to rattle each other's central processing units while the crowds cry
for spilled oil.
10 courses are available including: Voluntary Simplicity; Healthy Children, Healthy Planet; Just Below the Surface: Perspectives on the Gulf Coast
Oil Spill; Choices
for Sustainable Living, Menu
for the
Future; and many more.
Obama took a beating by environmentalists
for pushing to open up offshore
oil and gas production, and this disaster just exacerbates it; I wonder if the loss in credibility with environmentalists because of this
spill is enough to substantially undermine
future energy policy initiatives.
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.»
The Congressman went on to introduce a bill that would increase penalties
for any
future offshore
oil spills while establishing tighter safety standards
for offshore drilling operations.
Chevron and other giant energy companies are demanding a TTIP investment chapter that will allow them to sue governments if environmental or other regulations interfere with their expected
future profits by,
for example, restricting
oil and gas drilling, imposing pollution and
oil spill controls or constraining the use of hydraulic fracking techniques to extract natural gas and
oil from shale formations.
I generally use the Choices
for Sustainable Living book in my Environmental Sociology class, but my students have also liked Menu
for the
Future, Hungry
for Change, the global warming course, and the «Just Below the Surface» retrospective on the Gulf
Oil Spill.
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As the race to stake claims
for future oil drilling in the Arctic takes off in anticipation of an ice - free region sooner rather than later, and as
oil companies and Congress members continue to push
for the US to drill in the Arctic, here are some sobering words from the head of the Coast Guard on how woefully unprepared the US is to deal with an
oil spill there (h / t Climate Progress).
As the US grants Shell its final permit to drill off the coast of Alaska, Russia, too, continues to prepare
for a
future with Arctic drilling as it takes steps to improve environmental safety in the Timan - Pechora tundra after a series of
oil spills in recent years.
Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters
for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an
oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of
oil extraction and
spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore
oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to
future offshore Arctic
oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.