Sentences with phrase «tanker spill in»

According to Weyler, «A tanker spill in this body of water is going to impact all our communities, all our economies, our fishing economy, our tourism economy.

The network's latest advocacy for fossil fuels comes on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the most environmentally devastating oil tanker spill in American history.

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In the real world: In 2010, the environment commissioner's office alleged deficiencies in the federal government's ability to respond to tanker spillIn the real world: In 2010, the environment commissioner's office alleged deficiencies in the federal government's ability to respond to tanker spillIn 2010, the environment commissioner's office alleged deficiencies in the federal government's ability to respond to tanker spillin the federal government's ability to respond to tanker spills.

Yet the risk of a spill from the pipeline itself or from tankers offshore is overwhelmingly borne by B.C. Short of sharing royalty revenues with B.C. — note how both the B.C. Liberals and their NDP opponents support plans for liquefied natural gas terminals, which would boost gas revenues in B.C. — there's no way for Alberta or an Albertan prime minister to bring B.C. onside.

Four - in - five British Columbians are concerned about the expected increase in oil tanker traffic at Kitimat and through the passage (83 %) and the risk of an oil spill (80 %) if the Enbridge Northern Gateway is authorized.

Kinder Morgan bears no liability for oil spills originating from a tanker that docks at its oil terminus, but this too should be changed, requiring the pipeline operator to share the liability as long as the tanker is in Canadian waters.

However, if a tanker were to have a spill in Burrard Inlet or Vancouver Harbour, the vessel owner would be the responsible party.

Today brings up a burning harbour in the Far East, a gigantic contaminating underground spill in farmland in North Dakota in a new pipeline, and a powerless drifting tanker in the Georgia Basin.

Today is, not coincidentally, the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and on the heels of the ad came an announcement from the Coastal First Nations (an alliance of nine nations from the central coast to Haida Gwaii) declaring that»... in upholding our ancestral laws, rights and responsibilities... oil tankers carrying crude oil from the Alberta Tar Sands will not be allowed to transit our lands and waters.»

VANCOUVER — The Christy Clark government has asked Ottawa to lift a ban on burning oil to deal with spills, proof that Christy Clark is prepared to do anything to allow a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast, say the...

In the middle of all that, though, there was Game 5, which was a delirious mess that was more like a tanker truck tipping over and spilling a baseball - like substance all over the highway.

State and federal inspectors have completed a second round of safety checks of train tracks and oil tanker cars in an effort to prevent derailments and spills of volatile crude from North Dakota's Bakken region.

Fuel Spill at Chrysler Dealership in Clarkstown A tanker truck at the Rockland Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership on Route 304 sprang a leak and spilled about 50 gallons of engine fuel.

Several houses and properties were destroyed yesterday in Saki Area of Oyo State as a petrol tanker fell and spilled its content.

The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil along Alaskan shores.

The biggest oil spill in U.S. history sparked improvements in tanker construction and navigation technology, along with better crew training, but the danger remains

When spills from tankers do happen, an array of cleanup and remediation techniques, along with specialized technology come to the fore, both to tackle the mess and save the wildlife caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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.

In 2005 they told the International Oil Spill Conference in Miami that there are 8569 potentially polluting wrecks, 1583 of which were oil tankerIn 2005 they told the International Oil Spill Conference in Miami that there are 8569 potentially polluting wrecks, 1583 of which were oil tankerin Miami that there are 8569 potentially polluting wrecks, 1583 of which were oil tankers.

In 2001, an oil tanker hit a reef in the Galapagos Islands and spilled potentially disastrous amounts of oil on one of the world's most historic nature reserveIn 2001, an oil tanker hit a reef in the Galapagos Islands and spilled potentially disastrous amounts of oil on one of the world's most historic nature reservein the Galapagos Islands and spilled potentially disastrous amounts of oil on one of the world's most historic nature reserves.

More than five years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef off the coast of Alaska, the people who claim they were harmed by the massive oil spill are finally having their day — or rather, their months — in court.

She points out what happened after the Exxon Valdez tragedy, where an oil tanker caused a major oil spill along the coast of Alaska in 1989.

Even in the absence of oil and gas exploration, the Arctic's rapidly intensifying traffic — whether from barges, research ships, oil tankers, or passenger cruises — makes oil spills increasingly likely.

The study, which appears in the Annals of Internal Medicine, included 501 fishermen who helped clean up spilled oil after the tanker Prestige sank off the coast of Spain in November 2002.

When a barge dangerously laden with logging equipment, including a tanker truck of diesel fuel, spilled its load in the heart of the world's best known orca habitat — the Ecological Reserve at Robson Bight — last August 20th, whale lovers were outraged, environmentalists dismayed, the public alerted, and even the oil industry took note.

Here a gaggle of slick, black ducks suggests the victims of an oceangoing tanker spill, while recalling, purely in terms of surface design, some of the sublimely apolitical color field paintings of Morris Louis.

According to Friends of the Earth, «The bunker fuel spills by the Hanjin container ship that hit a bridge in San Francisco Bay on Nov. 7 and the Russian oil tanker that broke in half during a storm in the Black Sea on Nov. 11 call attention to the harm caused by bunker fuel when it is spilled.

And with the way tar sands oil sinks in water, a tanker or pipeline spill in the area would be devastating for the region.

1990: The first climate - related shareholder resolution at Exxon came a year after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, creating what was then the nation's largest oil spill and most notorious human - caused environmental disaster.

The spill, estimated to be roughly 4,000 barrels (or 168,000 gallons), began after a tanker vessel carrying heavy fuel oil collided with a cargo ship in Galveston Bay, an estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico.

He sent me a link to an article he wrote for the then fledgling BBC News website back in 1999, a few years after the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground on the coast of Wales, spilling more than 72,000 tonnes of crude along a coastline that's a favourite for ramblers and nature enthusiasts, not to mention the fishing grounds.

In January 1993 a deep storm (the most intense system of low pressure outside the tropics ever recorded over the north Atlantic) miraculously broke up the oil spilt from the tanker Braer.

Neither personality addressed the fact that the Keystone XL pipeline is specifically designed to transport heavy crude to refineries and export - bound oil tankers on the Gulf Coast, precisely the scenario that could lead to more spills like the one unfolding in Galveston Bay.

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.

In a separate but related occurrence that same month, the Yamuna Spirit oil tanker, having arrived bearing crude oil loaded at an Arabian port, spills oil at the marine terminal in San Francisco Bay at the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinerIn a separate but related occurrence that same month, the Yamuna Spirit oil tanker, having arrived bearing crude oil loaded at an Arabian port, spills oil at the marine terminal in San Francisco Bay at the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinerin San Francisco Bay at the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinery.

June 2017: Phillips 66 quietly initiates a permit revision process with local air district authorities to allow a 100 percent increase in oil tanker deliveries to its marine terminal at their SF Bay Rodeo refinery — site of the Sept. 2016 Yamuna Spirit oil spill.

With the approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, we expect an increase in tanker traffic by 700 % through the Salish Sea, meaning more oil moving through pipelines and more export terminals, making Washington State a target for dangerous spills and explosions.

Some opponents may also exaggerate the potential for a public health catastrophe resulting from a spill in Vancouver harbour, as well as the effect of increased tanker traffic on the health of struggling Salish Sea orca populations.

As a result of a fuel tanker grounding and attendant oil spill in 2001, a consortium of energy companies from the G7, calling themselves e7 (created to bring renewable energy to developing nations), funded the installation of three wind turbines on San Cristobal, an island in the Galapagos archipelago, to minimize the amount of fuel that had to be delivered to run the generators.

Things like actually implementing Enbridge's «voluntary» spill and tanker safety plan, and holding nearly $ 1 billion in liability coverage, including $ 100 million in «ready cash» that can be accessed within 10 business days of a large spill to pay for cleanup costs.

But as Exxon knows through the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in which the oil tanker veered off course into a rocky reef while trying to avoid small icebergs in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989, the presence of even a little ice makes navigation treacherous.

of an oil spill in the Pacific Ocean if the Kinder Morgan pipeline and its tanker terminal are built.

A massive oil spill occurred in Texas on Sunday when an oil tanker collided with two -LRB-!)

The impact of a hazardous materials spill may also range far beyond those individuals injured in a collision with a tanker truck.

In particular, Gitxaala is concerned that the tanker traffic and spill risks associated with the project would threaten the well - being of its communities and members, including their ability to harvest food in their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildreIn particular, Gitxaala is concerned that the tanker traffic and spill risks associated with the project would threaten the well - being of its communities and members, including their ability to harvest food in their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildrein their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildren.

With an almost seven-fold increase in oil tankers moving through Burrard Inlet and the Salish Sea, an increase in groundings, accidents, incidents, leaks and oil spills would be inevitable.

The menace of an oil spill from new Texas - bound tankers has nature - loving British Columbians rising up in opposition to expanded ocean traffic along the coast, that, amongst other environmental threats, endangers the killer whale population, the iconic Orcas.

Included in this report is a recently released evaluation by Dr. Thomas Gunton and Sean Broadbent, who evaluated the Kinder Morgan's spill risk assessment method in 2013, concluding that the expansion proposal has a 99 per cent risk of pipeline and tanker spills, when it is examine using standard methodology.

Wednesday's fuel spill ignited fears of greater catastrophe with a potential increase in tanker traffic on the West Coast.