Industrial Accidents
UK survivor relives horror of North Sea rig disaster
Thirty years ago since 123 died on Alexander Kielland DISASTER STRIKES: The Alexander Kielland sinks after it was struck by a huge wave in 1980 Salvage work gets under way on the...
Seminal 70s Environmental TV Series Now Online
...music that accompanies the opening sequence was arranged by Barry Kornfeld, who may be the same Barry Kornfeld who played guitar with Bob Dylan and on the Van Morrison track, "The Way...
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Oil slick reaches Parma; farm lobby says food safe
Oil spill threatens 'ecological disaster' in Italy An oil spill that fouled a small river in northern Italy reached the Po River on Wednesday, with officials warning of an ecological...
Oil spill may cause ecological disaster in Italy
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Oil spill may cause ecological disaster in Italy An environmental worker tried cleaning up the sludge yesterday from an oil spill along...
"The safety of mariners, the health of our economy, and the protection of our environment all require the safest possible operation of merchant ships sailing in our ports, waterways and coastal areas, and proper training is key to safe operations." "Shipping companies that move goods through the San Francisco Bay must operate their vessels in a safe and legal manner. The Cosco Busan oil spill should not have occurred in the first place, and the company's attempt to cover-up its illegal acts only compounded the initial crime," said Nick Torres, Special Agent in Charge of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division in San Francisco. "The laws are there to protect our precious natural resources. Today's sentence sends a clear message that those who violate the law and pollute our waters will be vigorously prosecuted."
Shipping Firm Sentenced to Pay $10 Million For Causing Cosco Busan Oil Spill and Coverup PR Newswire: Energy Industry | 1 month ago
Oil spill threatens 'ecological disaster' in Italy
Oil spill threatens 'ecological disaster' in Italy Cleanup, investigation continue on fuel spill Cleanup crews have recovered more than 153 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Monday near...
Shipping firm sentenced to pay $10 million for causing Cosco Busan oil spill
...admitted that it caused the spill and acted negligently after the Cosco Busan, which it owned, struck the Bay Bridge on a foggy morning Nov. 7, 2007, leading to the biggest Bay Area spill...
Review: 'Oscar-nominated Short Films'
By Peter Hartlaub - San Francisco Chronicle Awards show watchers hoping to round out their Oscar pools will get no help here. There isn't a weak entry among the short films that were...
Film-maker went to radioactive city
...a true story. Dublin writer and director Juanita Wilson led a team to Kiev and Pripyat, the city beside Chernobyl, to remake one man's experience of the disaster. A publicity still...
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Man spends year in Belarus to help Chernobyl victims
...every year since. "I've been working for British Gas for a year but I wanted to do something to help people," Mark said. "Since 2006 I have been to Belarus four times, at first...
Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill
...dig one of numerous wells along the beach in Alaska. Over a total of six weeks during summers from 2007 to 2009, Michel C. Boufadel, chairman of the Department of Civil and...
Stewart Brand's green manifesto
By David Stipp, contributorJanuary 7, 2010: 8:39 AM ET NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Four decades ago Stewart Brand opened The Whole Earth Catalog with a rollicking mission statement: "We are as...
Prudhoe Bay oil spill now as much as 100 gallons
DTL Prudhoe Bay oil spill now as much as 100 gallons 12-30) 05:47 PST Anchorage, Alaska (AP) -- BP now estimates as much as 100 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in an...
