Sentences with phrase «spill response in»

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.

Northern Gateway has said that they would provide effective spill response in all cases.

Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment assesses the current state of science and engineering regarding oil spill response in the Arctic region north of the Bering Strait, with emphasis on potential impacts in U.S. waters.

Michael Ziccardi, an Oiled Wildlife Care Network veterinarian advising the spill response in Louisiana, blogs that the first oiled turtle since the spill, a 2 - pound Kemp's ridley, has been rescued and cleaned.

This is a major improvement from just 4 per cent during the organisation's first oil spill response in 1971.

Not exact matches

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.

The Royal Society study also suggested the conditions of a spill — where and when it occurred, and the weather conditions — may be just an important, in terms of a spill response, as the type of crude spilled.

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed a pipeline blast at an oil field operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa.

Clean Harbors is the North American leader in providing response services for environmental emergencies of any scale on land or water — from the cleanup and removal of a single mercury bottle to a large - scale multiphase containment and cleanup of a coastal oil spill.

The premier might think everything is fine after today's announcement, but we're still a long, long way from the oil spill response capacity people in B.C. demand.

This is a great opportunity for people working part of the year who are interested in filling their time off with an occasional call out to a spill response or other marine response projects.

Responders shall be highly motivated, reliable and flexible personnel to participate in the oil spill response labor pool and be part of the global team.

In addition, Global offers opportunities to receive paid training onboard spill response vessels.

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In response to the Santa Barbara oil spill, Gaylord Nelson proposed a holiday for the environment.

The latest in corporate damage control: Bob Dudley, Chief Executive for BP Response, answers your questions about the oil spill through YouTube, answers via live video stream.

Isaac Katz, son of Jonathan Katz, the Washington University professor whose essay, «In Defense of Homophobia» got him booted from the government's oil spill team, has come out of the closet: «When I told my dad I was gay, his immediate response was, «No, you're not.»

Again, a government agency such as the National Oil Spill Detections and Response Agency (NOSDRA), in my opinion, has no business being in Abuja since the chunk of its responsibility is in the Niger Delta region.

The initiative would not only increase the cap but also would upgrade geographically specific spill response plans for state and federal officials, establish a state liquid firefighting task force that would be in charge of deploying flammable liquid firefighting foam and other supplies along rail lines across the state and provide more training for local fire crews who would often be first responders to spills.

Two agencies are now involved in updating oil - spill response plans for the Hudson River — and examining potential effects on endangered species.

66 actions have been implemented to strengthen standards, regulations and procedures to make the transport of crude oil by rail and water in New York safer, and to improve spill preparedness and response.

The debate about using dispersants is becoming increasingly politicized and acrimonious, and the National Academy of Sciences has recently assembled a committee of scientists, government officials, and industry to evaluate the use of chemical dispersants in oil spill response.

At tests at a giant seawater tank in New Jersey called Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility, the Oleo Sponge successfully collected diesel and crude oil from both below and on the water surface.

«My guess is this has been a leap in technology and it may spur additional thinking, which is a wonderful thing,» says Ed Levine, a scientific support coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration, which handles oil spills.

Each finalist team had about six weeks to complete their systems and get them to the US National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility (OHMSETT) in Leonardo, New Jersey, for controlled trials in July and August this year.

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 spilIn 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 spilin 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 spilin 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.

Peru's Social Health Insurance also mobilized doctors and nurses to the district of Imaza, one of the affected areas, in response to the cases of allergic dermatitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis and gastroenteritis that have been reported following work on the containment and collection of the oil spill.

Boufadel provided technical analyses and remedial strategies in response to the two largest oil spills in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon and Exxon Valdez spills.

Reading the discussion of game transfer phenomena (24/31 December 2011, p 76), in which player responses in video games can spill into real life, I must mention what I call the Sky + effect.

A large coalition of environmental, labor, and business groups had pushed the Senate to include such a measure, known as an RES, in its so - called Spill Bill (pdf), a response to the Deepwater Horizon well blowout.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

In late April, when the magnitude of the spill became apparent, InnoCentive posted an emergency - response challenge on behalf of BP, with no cash reward.

The NOAA portion of the prize is meant to spur the development of specific technologies that can help detect «sources of pollution, enable rapid response to leaks and spills, identify hydrothermal vents and methane seeps, as well as track marine life for scientific research and conservation efforts,» Richard Spinrad, chief scientist at NOAA, said in a statement.

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.

The Office of Pipeline Safety ensures safety in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and spill response planning of America's 2.6 million miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid transportation pipelines.

While it's a subject that's been debated to death in publishing circles, it's always interesting to see the response when it spills out into more public forums.

To build on this record of good stewardship, Economic Action Plan 2015 includes investments to enhance marine transportation safety in the Arctic as well as to strengthen environmental protection, spill prevention and response measures in Canadian waters.

Also in Latin America, the UC Davis Students for One Health have established an evidence - based, interdisciplinary community health project and research platform in Nicaragua, where students travel annually and the Oiled Wildlife Care Network has formed a partnership in Ensenada, Mexico, where they are training and educating a team for oil spill response and wildlife rehabilitation.

Denver — Having already funded research on the health of dolphins affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund will now help the rare saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.

Oiled Wildlife Care Network http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/index.cfm Coordinating more than 30 California wildlife organizations to provide statewide response, veterinary care and rehabilitation for animals injured in oil spills.

He founded Pet Health Center — his veterinary practice and life's work — in 1989 and, that same year, volunteered for 6 months as a staff veterinarian with the Wildlife Rescue Organization in Valdez, Alaska, in response to the disastrous Exxon oil spill.

«Untitled» (Public Opinion) takes the form of spill of cellophane wrapped black rod licorice candies and is displayed as either a corner or a floor piece; as the work traveled around the different locations, it was installed by a team of museum professionals in response to the architecture of each site.

His 2014 — 16 Smoke and Water mural and painting series — a response to the Duke Energy Corporation's 2014 spill of 39,000 tons of coal ash into North Carolina's Dan River — depicts ash swirling atop the river in the brief time period before it sank underwater.

Josh Fox's new film explores community responses to climate change and pollution — from a blockade of a coal shipment in Australia to investigations of oil spills in Peru.

The decision to implement a 6 - month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was correctly based on the need for adequate spill response, well containment and safety measures, and we stand behind that decision.

David Dickins, an engineer from San Diego who has spent 30 years studying how to clean up oil spills in icy waters, said that while the ice impeded the use of tools like booms that hold a slick in place, the ice also naturally contained the oil, giving response teams more time to act before environmental damage occurred.

Here's the tweet from @exxonmobil sent in response to critics who pointed out that, because of a major loophole that needs to be closed, bitumen is not considered crude oil, and therefore tar sands pipeline operators like Exxon aren't required to pay into the oil spill cleanup fund.

ExxonMobil is getting defensive about its response plans for the tar sands pipeline spill in Arkansas.

Exxon must also provide spill response training for certain Pegasus employees in 2015 and 2017, and position spill response equipment in three locations along the pipeline.