Sentences with phrase «oil barges in»

for a controversial proposal to park oil barges in the Hudson River.

There's a conceptual agreement on some of the bills, depending on the progress that's made,» the governor said at the scene of a stuck oil barge in the Hudson River near Catskill, about 45 minutes south of the Capitol.

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In 1970, the Irving Whale oil barge sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, resulting in a significant oil spill that fouled the shoreline of the Magdalen IslandIn 1970, the Irving Whale oil barge sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, resulting in a significant oil spill that fouled the shoreline of the Magdalen Islandin the Gulf of St. Lawrence, resulting in a significant oil spill that fouled the shoreline of the Magdalen Islandin a significant oil spill that fouled the shoreline of the Magdalen Islands.

Many of them, desperate to profit from Canada's cheap oil, are working feverishly on a Plan B. They're making plans to load bitumen onto railcars, barges and trucks to bring it south to their processing facilities in Texas.

Environmental groups and elected officials have expressed concern in recent years about the potential for a catastrophic oil spill involving barges that transport oil products up and down the Hudson River from Albany's port.

In addition to political opposition, including Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, who described the Coast Guard plan as a «parking lot» for large oil barges, public comments against the anchorage proposal, which totaled more than 10,000 before the comment period closed, were overwhelmingly negative.

Bill Barr, who lives on Livingston Street in the village, also said the pipeline would not replace train or barge transport of crude oil and would pose a great risk of contaminating aquifers.

«In another development, NAF helicopter gunships have also destroyed 9 hidden barges with stolen oil products in several creeks within the Niger Delta under the framework of Operation Delta SafIn another development, NAF helicopter gunships have also destroyed 9 hidden barges with stolen oil products in several creeks within the Niger Delta under the framework of Operation Delta Safin several creeks within the Niger Delta under the framework of Operation Delta Safe.

Many local towns and cities have expressed opposition to the project, citing the local dangers of pipeline leaks and wider implications of fracking (the oil bound for the Pilgrim Pipeline originates from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the same deposits that have increased the volume of oil carried by trains and barges through the Hudson Valley to New Jersey refineries).

I'm working with Riverkeeper here in the Hudson Valley on protecting against oil barges.

Shelley Mayer has been a vigorous advocate for the protection of our environment, cosponsoring a bill that prohibited oil barges from anchoring in the Hudson River and securing $ 3 million for flood mitigation aid after Hurricane Sandy.

KARPOWER barges will as a result, continue to produce electricity for Ghanaians, without consequence to the availability of light crude oil and gas in Ghana.

It would connect the Port of Albany, where a stepped - up flow of trains carrying Bakken crude oil from North Dakota currently hook up with barges destined for refineries in northern New Jersey.

«The cargo they're moving in these barges and various smaller vessels include home heating oil, gasoline, petroleum products that are used in the valley itself, salt, sand, aggregates, construction materials, etcetera, the majority of which is for use by people that live in the Hudson Valley itself.»

«This just doesn't make common sense to put six barges that could possibly be full of oil with the terrorism that's going on in the world, right next to Indian Point, right next to... This just, I don't know where they conceived this idea from and why they would have these 10 anchorage spots on the Hudson River.»

Even in the absence of oil and gas exploration, the Arctic's rapidly intensifying traffic — whether from barges, research ships, oil tankers, or passenger cruises — makes oil spills increasingly likely.

The entire cast is quite good, but the film is clearly Candy's as he barges through his short stay with his young relatives, chomping on a cigar (the first step in his 5 - month program to quit smoking) and driving an oil - burning, back - firing, floating sofa of a car.

When a barge dangerously laden with logging equipment, including a tanker truck of diesel fuel, spilled its load in the heart of the world's best known orca habitat — the Ecological Reserve at Robson Bight — last August 20th, whale lovers were outraged, environmentalists dismayed, the public alerted, and even the oil industry took note.

Before there was no real reason to have one in your garage, but with the added emphasis on cross-country racing those trucks and American muscle cars that nobody really wants can now find a home barging across the landscape before drifting vaguely left at the barnyard like a turbocharged oil tanker.

She has also contributed to numerous group shows: 11ème édition Salon Zürcher, Paris; Cini case Cini, video, The Reina Sophia, Madrid Spain, Making History, Brooklyn, NY; Displaced Landscape, Narrowburg, NY; IN - SITE Sculpture, South Orange, NJ; Masters and Pelavin Gallery, NY; Small Works at Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, NY; Whale Oil to Whole Foods at Green County Council for the Arts in Catskill, NY; Garbage Barge at Islip Museum; Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock and Winton Bell Gallery, Brown UnivIN - SITE Sculpture, South Orange, NJ; Masters and Pelavin Gallery, NY; Small Works at Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, NY; Whale Oil to Whole Foods at Green County Council for the Arts in Catskill, NY; Garbage Barge at Islip Museum; Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock and Winton Bell Gallery, Brown Univin Catskill, NY; Garbage Barge at Islip Museum; Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock and Winton Bell Gallery, Brown Univ..

Then, in July, the Coast Guard delayed Shell's oil - spill barge after questioning the ship's ability to operate in stormy weather.

In fact, the State Department noted that other options of getting oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast are generally worse for the environment, a point that was revisited by TransCanada's CEO Russ Girling who pointed to statistics showing that pipelines are a safer way to transport oil than rail, barge, or truck.

«Upstream» in this instance refers to infrastructure of oil extraction and production (e.g., Arctic oil and gas extraction), «midstream» refers to transportation (e.g., the Trans - Alaska Pipeline System, railways, oil tankers, and barges), and «downstream» refers to refining, processing, and distributing fossil fuel products to consumers.

In spite low oil prices, TransCanada is seeking the approval of Energy East, a massive pipeline that would cross Canada and barge oil out from the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

When thick ice clogged the slough into Napaskiak, forcing the barge carrying a winter's worth of heating oil to turn back in October, people panicked.

This highly flammable crude oil — the culprit in the 2013 Lac - Magentic tragedy that killed 47 people — is then transported down the Hudson on deficient rail cars or in barges, putting our communities and environment at serious risk.

Mr. Sullivan's letter to Secretary Johnson describes how the new anchorages could provide targets for terror attacks — two are located within three miles of the Indian Point nuclear plant — and that increased traffic of barges filled with crude oil and other hazardous materials raises the potential for collisions and spills, «which in the tidal Hudson would be difficult, if not impossible, to clean up without incurring immediate and long - term damage to drinking water resources and prime wildlife habitat.»

The containment barge must be in the Arctic before any drilling into oil - bearing zones can occur.

In this case, if the Keystone XL is not built, the oil will be transported by other means such as rail, barge, and tanker.

Jamie's idea was to place barges in front of the booms that would buffer the waves and create a calm pocket of water behind them so that any oil that slipped past could be more effectively stopped by the booms.

We represent ship owners, tug and barge operators, vessel managers, charterers, protection and indemnity associations and terminal operators in a number of areas, including environmental / oil spill incidents, casualty work, cargo loss claims, matters arising under the Jones Act and the LHWC Act.

Salvage diver and Inspector (NDT) on various oil platforms, vessels and barges in the Gulf of Mexico