Sentences with phrase «of gallons of oil»

The pleading of the Spirit intensifies as leaky tankers spew millions of gallons of oil into ocean waters.

Twenty - six days after the BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent collapse, which has resulted in the leakage of millions of gallons of oil into the ocean and an untold amount of environmental damage, the latest

DiNapoli said last week he was mulling a possible suit against BP for its mismanagement of the well that is still spewing thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf every day.

After all, the Europeans and Japanese already get twice as much industrial production out of a gallon of oil as we do.

Nobody who has noticed the millions of gallons of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico courtesy of BP will be stumped by the question implied in the title of this book.

With thousands of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico everyday, this undeniable

Tens of millions of gallons of that oil passes through New York state on its way to the Port of Albany.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says part of the Indian Point nuclear power plant remains offline after a transformer fire that has created another problem: potentially thousands of gallons of oil leaking into the Hudson River.

When the Deepwater Horizon drilling pipe blew out seven years ago, beginning the worst oil spill in U.S. history, those in charge of the recovery discovered a new wrinkle: the millions of gallons of oil bubbling from the sea floor weren't all collecting on the surface where it could be skimmed or burned.

That pond scum ultimately produced trillions upon trillions of gallons of oil.

The homepage features a running tally of the number of trees and the number of gallons of oil saved collectively through the recycling program (51,161 and 3,417,576 respectively at time of publication).

The Lakes can not ecologically tolerate industrial turbines with hundreds of gallons of oil and lubricants, toxic rare earth elements, and non-recyclable carbon fibre blades.

Back in 2011, the giant Chevron corporation was found guilty of illegally dumping billions of gallons of oil waste into the Ecuadorian rainforest in what has been described as the Amazon's «Chernobyl» and the worst case of oil pollution on the planet.

He is still illegally exempting dangerous offshore oil drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico from all environmental review as millions of gallons of oil gush into the ocean.

Two weeks ago today, Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured catastrophically, creating a 22 - foot long gash that unleashed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and toxic chemicals.

As millions of gallons of oil spew out of the Gulf, and much of it threatening to make landfall on his state, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has called for... more offshore drilling.

The effectiveness of BP's online outreach and its overall $ 50 million PR blitz is another question entirely, since it's up against the reality (and the imagery) of millions of gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico (plus, it's up against its own CEO's big mouth).

For more than half a century, 17 millions of gallons of oil have been oozing beneath Greenpoint, Brooklyn, courtesy of ExxonMobil and other oil companies.

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, with much of it entering the deep ocean.

The Obama administration has issued new rules governing offshore drilling, six years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 rig workers and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

The spill from an offshore drilling rig caused millions of gallons of oil to pour into the ocean just off the coast of Louisiana.

Nation The Obama administration has issued new rules governing offshore drilling, six years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 rig workers and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Pouring millions of gallons of oil and dispersants into an area already greatly stressed by upstream pollution, atmospheric fall - out, fifty years of industrial activity (44,000 wells, 33,000 miles of pipelines), shoreline trauma, and ecosystem damage by decades of large - scale fishing is a recipe for short and long - term disaster.

Two weeks ago today, Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline carrying diluted bitumen from Canada ruptured catastrophically, creating a 22 - foot long gash that unleashed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and toxic chemical diluents into the Central Arkansas town of Mayflower.

Contrast that to Transocean's activities in North America, where the company owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in 2010, killing 11 men and causing millions of gallons of oil to leak into the Gulf of Mexico.

Despite spilling tens, if not hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and chemicals into an Arkansas neighborhood, thanks to a loophole in a law from 1980, ExxonMobil will not be paying into a federal oil spill cleanup fund because the oil they spilled is not the right type of oil.