Sentences with phrase «marine oil spill response»

World - leading marine oil spill response, prevention and recovery systems for BC's coastline and ocean to manage and mitigate the risks and costs of heavy - oil pipelines and shipments;

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«This is really a worst - case scenario,» says Michael Ziccardi, a University of California, Davis, veterinarian and oil - spill veteran who is leading the government's response efforts for marine mammals and sea turtles.

Marine mammal response operations during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

According to Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment, a full range of oil spill response technologies is needed in order to minimize impacts on people and sensitive ecosysteOil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment, a full range of oil spill response technologies is needed in order to minimize impacts on people and sensitive ecosysteoil spill response technologies is needed in order to minimize impacts on people and sensitive ecosystems.

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For example, the Department of the Interior reviews exploration plans and oil spill response plans, the Environmental Protection Agency reviews water pollution plans, and, until recently, air pollution plans, and the National Marine Fisheries Service reviews how activities will affect marine mammals like whales and Marine Fisheries Service reviews how activities will affect marine mammals like whales and marine mammals like whales and seals.

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.

As for the downside potential for a massive spill of crude oil fouling beaches, ruining fishing grounds, destroying the coastal tourism economy, and killing vast numbers of marine animals, the plan says we must be prepared «to provide a timely and comprehensive response.»