Sentences with phrase «spilled toxic water»

Suncor spilled toxic water for three days at the same site in 2011, but the leak wasn't made public until the second incident took place in late March.

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The Indian Point nuclear power plant has a long history of accidental radioactive leaks and spills: spent fuel pools at the plant housing toxic nuclear waste have been leaking since the 1990s; corroded buried pipes have sprung radioactive leaks; tanks have spilled hundreds of gallons radioactively contaminated water; and malfunctioning valves and pumps have leaked radionuclide - laden water.

Long - time problems associated with HHF such as major spills including from pipelines or what to do with radioactive and toxic waste water from a fracked well have not been rectified.

Spills from oil and gas operations can contaminate local water and soil with high levels of toxic chemicals, salts and radioactivity, but in many cases there is insufficient information to determine how long ago the spill occurred and identify its source.

Until now, the instruments used to monitor the water around the spill have not been able to adequately detect PAHs and related long - lasting toxic molecules, he says.

In addition, we may consider other factors we believe to be important to investors interested in sustainability, such as land use, biodiversity, involvement in toxic spills or releases, operational waste, water management, factory farming, cluster munitions, tobacco, and child labor, among other factors.

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply causing the recently deceased rise from their graves.

A top mining company in China, the Zijin Mining Group, allowed a toxic waste water to spill into the Ting river, polluting the major water way, killing nearly 1,900 tons of fish, and threatening the fishing industry in the area.

Via WSJ More on China U.S. Still # 1 «Most Attractive» for Renewable Energy, But China is Catching Up Barack Obama and Hu Jintao Announce US - China Electric Vehicles Initiative Richest Man in China: BYD Boss Wang Chuanfu Tops Rich List Thanks to Batteries & Electric Cars China Cleaning Up Two Toxic Spills on Yangtze River, Drinking Water Source of Millions

And here are just a few other «side effects» of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife habitat destruction and fish kills caused by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.

West Virginia Water is Still Contaminated — Toxic chemistry associated with a coal spill still makes WV water unWater is Still Contaminated — Toxic chemistry associated with a coal spill still makes WV water unwater unsafe.

Every step of the tar sands process, from mine, to pipeline, to refinery, to the gas tank, to the tailpipe releases toxic chemicals into the air and water, and threatens communities and wildlife with spills and contamination.

Let's say we accept the inevitable contamination of sea water that comes from extraction, the toxic drilling methods, occasional spills of oil and radioactive drill lubricants into the ocean.

Plastic pollution, global warming, acidifying waters, toxic algae blooms, oil spills... Here's a look at the top threats to the world's oceans.

# 1: «We know that some coastal areas in the northern Gulf were degraded by the BP spill, and when storms come, toxics that have accumulated in the bottom sediment could reenter the water column, as has been observed decades after the Exxon Valdez disaster.»

We know that researchers discovered that oil spill waters contained many more carcinogens, and we know that Gulf shrimp and fish have been shown to contain toxic hydrocarbons.

Big River Man Shares His Story (Interview) China Cleaning Up Two Toxic Spills on Yangtze River, Drinking Water Source of Millions Toxic Spill at Chinese Copper Mine Kills Nearly 1,900 Tons of Fish 10 Million Tons of Chemical Fertilizer Discharged into China's Water Every Year

Opposition to the project has centred on concerns about climate change, as well as about spills on land (already happened) and water, toxic fumes from the marine terminal and tank farm, fire and leaks from the latter (with no response plan in place), and earthquakes affecting the tunneled pipeline section.

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors