Sentences with phrase «serious oil spill»

A serious oil spill would devastate an already - stressed marine environment and risks collapses in the remaining salmon stocks and further contamination of shellfish beds, wiping out Indigenous fishing and harvesting rights.

The United States and the United Nations are sending experts to Bangladesh to assess the impact and potential cleanup of a serious oil spill that threatens the Sundarbans, a globally important mangrove ecosystem and home to endangered river dolphins.

Not exact matches

The study, in fact, does not address the issue of whether a dilbit spill, once it has happened, has more serious consequences than any other oil spill.

Elaborating on the potential application of the cellulose aerogels, Asst Prof Duong said, «Oil spills are serious disasters that threaten marine ecosystems.

Oil spills are serious environmental hazards, as the Deepwater Horizon disaster demonstrated back in 2010.

Power - ups and weaponry offer a range of different purposes including the nullifier that removes every opponent's weapon or power - up throughout the entire field of cars, while oil slicks can be spilled to send opponents spinning out, a turbo syphon which transfers turbo energy from an opponent directly to your car and booster jets provide a serious increase in speed.

Now environmental engineer John Stansbury has set out some scenarios which further detail how bad an oil spill would be with a higher capacity pipeline and just how often serious spills are likely to occur (hint, much more than operator TransCanada would like you to believe).

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.

She has raised serious questions about the proposed pipeline route, which cuts through a region with a history of landslides, seismic activity and separatist rebellions, contributing to the risk of an oil spill or sabotage.

Nearly a week ago, I reported that the NRDC was afraid fishermen employed by BP to fight the oil spill weren't getting adequate safety equipment — and that as a result, they were facing some serious health risks.

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A serious legislative move, bill AB 2911 would double the maximum state civil and criminal penalties to $ 50,000 per incident for inland oil spills and $ 1 million for ocean spills.

A number of First Nations have expressed serious concerns to the JRP about potential impacts to their rights from the project due to the pipeline, increased tanker traffic, and the risk of an oil spill that could devastate their traditional territories, waters and resources.