Sentences with phrase «oil spills all»

Washington (CNN)- President Obama has named former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, D - Florida, and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William K. Reilly to head a new bipartisan commission tasked with investigating how to prevent future oil spills.

New York state's comptroller is urging federal authorities to strengthen safety measures against oil spills and require trains to carry sufficient insurance to cover cleanup costs from major accidents.

But now those in the Niger delta say the fragile peace is under strain as the Nigerian government takes time to carry out reforms ranging from the construction of a maritime university to cleaning up oil spills.

«We are faced with incessant oil spills from rusty pipes, some of which are 40 years old,» said Bonny Otavie, a Bayelsa MP.

A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo - Dutch energy giant Shell by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents demanding action over decades of oil spills in the region.

Gillibrand is urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the Coast Guard to upgrade contingency plans for oil spills in New York and New Jersey.

It is a soap ment to get rid of grease, that's why they use it on animals of oil spills.

Clean cooked on food and oil spills off your cookware.

They've responded following oil spills in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and South Africa.

We are comparing apples and oranges here — and cotton pesticides, eroded soil from cotton fields, emissions from logging trucks, oil spills, hazardous wastes from refineries and petrochemical and plastics plants.

Did you know that the sea around the UK is home to more than 8000 different of species of plants and animals, but this wonderful marine environment is being ruined by pollution, including rubbish left on beaches, sewage and chemical and oil spills.

Di Franco and his Sicily - based crew of 70 sailors spend most of their time patrolling the waters around Italy, cracking down on illegal fishing and cleaning up after oil spills.

The $ 3.8 billion pipeline drew international protests after the Standing Rock Sioux tribe told government officials that the pipeline would desecrate sacred burial grounds and voiced concerns about possible oil spills.

Meanwhile, Jack Anderson maintained that these same companies were being allowed to tone down, before its release, a government study which shows that oil spills have done great damage to the ocean.7 How can we act responsibly if we can't even find out what the facts are?

2010 — Bruce Cockburn, a celebrated Canadian folk - rock musician and activist who uses his art as a podium to draw attention to important environmental issues such as oil spills and deforestation.

Defend our coast from oil spills.

Spurred by recent train derailments that have lead to explosions and oil spills, law makers are thinking about reducing the speed limit trains carrying oil can travel.

The B.C. government wants to hear from you about new proposals to defend our province from oil spills.

Ottawa approved the line in November 2016 but since then the project has faced court challenges and permit delays in B.C. Horgan has said the province is worried about the consequences of oil spills and the threat to the coastline.

This week, Press Progress and the Vancouver Sun's Peter O'Neil reported that Kinder Morgan had quantified the economic benefits of oil spills in its application to expand the Trans - Mountain Pipeline from Edmonton, Alta.

to Burnaby, B.C. Yes, the benefits of oil spills — they create jobs in the communities where the spills occur.

In early 2017, the National Energy Board required Kinder Morgan Canada to maintain a line of credit of $ 500 million Canadian with its corporate parent to cover short - term costs to contain and clean up oil spills.

Whereas there have been a number of crude oil spills at sea, there has never been a major tanker spill involving dilbit.

The manual is highly technical and outlines concerns specific to the industry, including accounting rules for oil reserves, how to review engineering reports, environmental issues such as potential oil spills and other risks.

A study of historic oil spills in the U.S. reported the average clean - up cost for heavy crude of $ 18.95 per litre.

Kinder Morgan bears no liability for oil spills originating from a tanker that docks at its oil terminus, but this too should be changed, requiring the pipeline operator to share the liability as long as the tanker is in Canadian waters.

By contrast, Northern Gateway introduces the risk of oil spills to a relatively pristine and commercially productive marine environment.

Opponents of the pipeline fear potential oil spills along the B.C. coast and argue that Indigenous communities have not given their consent to the project, violating their constitutional rights.

The tribe said the pipeline would leave it vulnerable to contamination from oil spills and would damage historic and culturally significant sites.

More than 800 oil spills happened in the mid-Atlantic region during the same time period, according to a 1973 Coast Guard survey.

«You're going to have spills when you have more activity,» Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, told a reporter with the investigative journalism organization Pro Publica, which documented more than 1,000 accidental oil spills in North Dakota in 2011.

The company recently saw derailments in Minnesota and northern Ontario, both of which resulted in oil spills, but it's too early to draw conclusions about the causes of either accident.

Both pipelines face two forms of opposition: widely dispersed environmentalists worried about climate change, and stakeholders along the route more concerned about oil spills.

The cap: The federal Marine Liability Act (MLA) limits ship - owners» liability for oil spills based on a vessel's tonnage.

An in - depth report in 2010 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute that looked at the effects of three major oil spills found increased incidences of cancer and digestive problems in people who had ingested the oil directly (in drinking water) or indirectly (through eating the meat of livestock exposed to the oil).

The economic crisis magnified this venomous cycle: «Whether it's financial bailouts or oil spills, it seems every time one turns on the television there is some executive testifying before Congress... blaming other organizations rather than taking any accountability.»

Two scientific studies into the impact of the Montara oil spill have been released and have found no oil reached Australia's mainland or the Indonesia coast.

But that disappeared in July when the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board admonished the company for its handling of a Michigan oil spill in 2010.

The public outcry from an environmental disaster such as an oil spill or violating the pay laws of your employees will cost your business much more than the expenses of being socially responsible.

In her view, corporations» efforts to maximize profits led directly to scandals including Enron, the BP oil spill and the 2007 - 08 financial crisis.

In addition, Mui reported on major international stories, including the Greek financial crisis and Brexit, as well as national disasters such as the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.

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.

High - profile attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who has handled compensation issues related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has linked 124 deaths and 275 injuries to General Motors» recalled ignition switches.

When the social scientist and derivatives trader sat down at the same table at a friend's wedding in 2011, they got to talking about their shared interest in «epic failures,» like the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Hurricane Sandy.

The authors also do a fine job unpacking some of the most catastrophic organizational failures of recent times — 9/11, the financial crisis, and the BP oil spill.

Look at Tony Hayward's performance after the BP oil spill.

However, in what will be a controversial statement, they found that, «a large oil spill would not cause permanent, widespread damage to the environment.»

At first glance, the one most likely to generate controversy relates to oil spill liability.

Black Elk struggled financially after a November 2012 explosion on a Gulf of Mexico rig killed three workers and caused an oil spill.

Sometimes, the harm is overt, like in the case of BP's oil spill, but often it's more subtle, like when employees invest hope and time in a project that fails.