Sentences with phrase «over oil spills»

Even better when the story is real, as in the $ 10 - billion legal battle over oil spills in the rainforest of Amazonian Ecuador.

But Ecuador's experience with Chevron may have convinced it that oil actually stinks — an epic lawsuit has been fought for nearly two decades over oil spills and toxic waste left behind by previous development.

While its easy to get caught up in all the negativity surrounding the company regarding lawsuits over their oil spill, the company is still generating large profits and remains committed to steadily increasing their dividend.

President Barack Obama's effort to channel outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico into political momentum for climate change legislation appears to have failed, according to news...

Not exact matches

A rash of corporate scandals over the past decade, from the sub-prime mortgage crisis to the BP oil spill, has produced a default skepticism, Jekielek notes.

A few days may seem like an eternity in the world of the Internet, but it's a vast improvement over how long it took BP CEO Tony Hayward to own up to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The environmental secretary of Rio threatened to revoke Chevron's operating license over the spill, sending shivers all the way up to Houston, home to the dozens of foreign oil companies that feed Brazil's oil engine.

The Deepwater Horizon spill released 3 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, which eventually covered over 1,300 miles of coastline in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, taking a severe environmental and economic toll on the region.

Oil and gas multinational BP has agreed to pay over $ 20 billion in penalties over the Deepwater Horizon spill, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Additional Successes in the Landmark BP Litigation In October 2014, Pomerantz once again secured crucial victories in its ground - breaking litigation over BP plc's («BP») 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

On the other side of the ledger, an oil spill in Burrard Inlet would put at risk industries, including tourism, real estate and agriculture, that together employ over 200,000 people, according to Vancouver - based CRED (Conversations for Responsible Economic Development), a non-profit research and advocacy group.

By capping oil - by - rail traffic in the province while the proposed panel goes over the spill science, the B.C. New Democrats squeeze off pipelines and companies» backup shipping plan.

This, then, brings us to the very same «chicken and egg» issue that has plagued the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL) and that has caused energy (and myriad other) analysts to spill tons of virtual ink over: Are pipelines such as KXL and NGP simply one form of bringing oil to market (alongside rail, for example), or do they enable increased production?

How else could she argue, as she did in 2016, that Alberta would not support the federal government's pan-Canadian carbon price of $ 50 per tonne (in the year 2022) unless the federal government first approved an oil sands pipeline to tidewater, while also arguing that British Columbia's proposed oil spill safety measures contravene the federal government's clear jurisdiction over interprovincial pipelines?

British Columbia's demand for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the approval of interprovincial pipelines.

Remember all the praying over the Gulf oil spill?

1) Peel and slice the onions thinly 2) De-seed red bell pepper and cut into small cubes 3) Saute red bell pepper cubes and sliced onions until onions turn slightly soft and transparent 4) Mix sauteed red bell pepper, onions, and corn together with eggs, milk cream and cream cheese 5) Season with salt, pepper and ground nutmeg to taste 6) Pre-heat oven to 200 deg cel 7) Grease a round baking tray with olive oil 8) Stretch a tart shell and cover the baking tray entirely 9) Pour in the corn - filling mixture over the tart shell, spreading it out evenly 10) Cover the filling with the second stretched tart shell 11) Use a fork to poke holes in the top tart shell, and then press down on the shell so the juices spill out 12) Sprinkle top of tart with a generous amount of sugar 13) Bake in oven at 200 deg cel for around 30 — 40 minutes or until tart shell is golden brown 14) Serve with a side of vegetable salad (optional)

You want the oil to be a few inches deep, with plenty of room for things to bubble up without spilling over as you drop in the chips.

New York City is suing BP over the drop in its stock price after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying its pension funds lost $ 39 million.

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.

Over the weekend, Cuomo and state environmental officials toured the Hudson River in a motorboat after a report that some oil might have spilled out of the plant.

The chief executive of the oil giant was brought before a US congressional committee over the Gulf spill and was accused of evading questions amid intense public outcry against BP in the US.

Over the last century, between 17 and 30 million gallons of oil were spilled and leaked from ExxonMobil's historic refinery and storage facilities into the soil and groundwater in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

April 2016, Keystone Pipeline Freeman, South Dakota TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline spilled 16,800 gallons of tar sand oil over a football field - sized piece of land.

Amid repeated criticism from the Democratic strategist and CNN contributor over the president's response to the BP oil spill, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Friday Carville doesn't «understand all of what we're doing.»

«We were looking at two questions: how could we identify the oil on shore, now four years after the spill, and how the oil from the spill was weathering over time,» explained Christoph Aeppli, Senior Research Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine, and lead author of the study reported in Environmental Science & Technology.

In their oil - spill - response plans, Shell had to prepare for a worst - case scenario nearly three times bigger than in their previous plans for drilling in the Beaufort Sea, map out the possible discharge over 30 days instead of 3 days, and identify the specific equipment that would be used to mop up such a spill.

«These could clean up oil spills all over the planet,» he says.

An Exxon Mobil Corp unit has agreed to pay $ 1.4 million to resolve U.S. government claims over a 2012 crude oil spill in Louisiana, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

However, tens of thousands of leaky auto engines whizzing over already polluted urban environments can't compare with the damage done to a pristine environment by a single oil tanker such as the Exxon Valdez, which spilled 10 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989.

«While advances in science and technology and improved safety practices have significantly reduced the threat of oil spills in Canadian waters over the past few decades, much about the fate, environmental impacts and remediation of oil spills remain poorly understood,» said Kenneth Lee, the director of Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Perth, Western Australia and chair of the seven - member panel.

Yet because of the difficulty in collecting samples from so far below the ocean surface, and because of the large area that was impacted by the spill, a number of gaps in understanding the fate of the oil over time remained.

Thousands of internal e-mails and documents created by researchers attempting to determine the size of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been handed over to BP as part of a massive lawsuit.

Yes, specific events can cause problems for dolphins — researchers believe that the deaths of 300 dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico over the last year can be blamed on the BP oil spill there.

All the oil released, which could ultimately exceed the Valdez spill several times over, could compromise wildlife and local livelihoods for years.

Among the findings was that dispersants were able to eliminate about 21 percent the oil that floated on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the spill, but at the cost of spreading the remaining oil over a 49 percent larger area.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Response and Restoration reports that oil spills in U.S. waters have risen again over the past decade, with 134 incidents in 2008 alone.

SPILL»S AFTEREFFECTS Oil glistens on the Gulf of Mexico in late spring 2010, over a month after the Deepwater Horizon spill bSPILL»S AFTEREFFECTS Oil glistens on the Gulf of Mexico in late spring 2010, over a month after the Deepwater Horizon spill bspill began.

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Researchers investigating the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sea turtles found that over 320,000 juvenile sea turtles from populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean were likely present in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the 87 - day oil spill.

Put into oven on middle rack, and put a baking sheet with a rim under it in case the oil from the meat happens to spill over (should only happen with fattier meats if at all).

much of the oil spill over during the cooking and the cake still tasted massively buttery.

This cream has a matte finish, so you avoid the «oil spill» effect other moisturizers can create over time.

I feel nervous all day that I will spill all over myself, have a pen leak, it will rain and I will splash up dirt and oil, etc..

The accident also caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, with over 200 million gallons of crude leaking into the Gulf of Mexico by the time the well was finally capped 86 days later.

Remembered as the worst spill in U.S. history, the incident involved a BP - operated rig exploding and sinking near the Mississippi River Delta before it unloaded millions of gallons of crude oil into the water for over a month.

In the opening scenes of THE RUNNER the oil slick from the 2010 BP spill is seen spreading over the gulf coast, over the wild life, crippling the fishermen, the local culture, and the economy; by the end of the film, the contamination will have infiltrated the landscape, political and personal, of the man at the center of the fight: a New Orleans politician — Democratic Representative Colin Pryce played by Oscar winner Nicolas Cage.

Over 50 global problems (including climate change, rogue satellites, chemical warfare, massive oil spills, tsunamis, and ethnic and religious conflict) can be unraveled and solved.

As U. struggles to begin work on the document, he obsesses over seemingly disparate subjects: the suspicious circumstances of a skydiver's death, Vanuatu cargo cults, and a recent offshore oil spill.