Sentences with phrase «serious oil pollution»

N A: Chris was instructed on behalf of the Charterers in this unsafe port claim arising out of the grounding of the vessel and a serious oil pollution incident in Venezuela.

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In the first federal effort to address serious air pollution associated with fracking, the EPA issued new air quality standards that require oil and gas companies to capture toxic and climate - altering gases from wells, storage sites and pipelines.

Concerned over the long - term effects Elin Sørhus has investigated the short term effects of oil pollution on haddock roe and larva, but there are indications that the long - term effects also are very serious.

IMO took over responsibility for this treaty in 1959, but it was not until 1967, when the tanker Torrey Canyon ran aground off the coast of the United Kingdom and spilled more than 120,000 tons of oil into the sea, that the shipping world realized just how serious the pollution threat was.

«If we are serious about moving beyond oil toward energy independence, lowering the cost of energy, combating climate change, and cutting carbon pollution emissions, then we must ban offshore drilling,» it read.