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- The ocean is on fire after Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline leak Thu, 8 Jul 21, 4:30amIt takes a lot to start a fire in the ocean. After all, water usually extinguishes flames. But as Pemex demonstrated last week in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the right set of conditions — a leak in a gas pipeline plus...
- Damage report reveals LA methane leak is one of the worst disasters in US history Fri, 26 Feb 16, 9:49amA week after the ruptured natural gas well in Aliso Canyon was finally declared sealed, we have a full account of the environmental damage -- and it doesn't look good...
- Huge Shell oil spill in Niger Delta is largest in six years Sat, 6 Dec 14, 5:37amThe Niger Delta has seen oil spills before, with leaky oil pipes being a regular event. However, local fisherman were shocked at the scale of the latest spill from Shell's facility at Bonny Island in Nigeria, which has poured into...
- Burst Pipe Spills 10,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Onto the Streets of Los Angeles Fri, 16 May 14, 1:30am10,000 gallons of oil spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles last night when a pipe burst at a transfer station in Atwater Village near Glendale. Fire crews worked to contain the spill overnight and an environmental cleaning...
- Oil Company Announces that Oil Spills are Really Good for the Economy Sat, 3 May 14, 4:00amWhen Kinder Morgan decided that it wanted to expand its pipeline capacity from Alberta to Vancouver, it had to get approval from the National Energy Board in Canada...
- Former Facebook Employee Spends Two Years Building a Tsunami-Proof Capsule in His Backyard Sat, 22 Mar 14, 1:13amAs Mr. Robinson watched the day-to-day coverage of the catastrophic event, he began to formulate a resilient design that would be able to withstand the strong forces of a tsunami. After sketching his tsunami-ball design with...
- Radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant 18 Times Higher Than Thought Tue, 3 Sep 13, 12:40amRadiation levels at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan are 18 times higher than previously thought. The operator of the Japanese nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said that the radiation,...
- 6 Reasons to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline Project Sat, 3 Aug 13, 12:54amVia Shutterstock 1. A Ticking Carbon Bomb! We recently surpassed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. Burning the tar sands oil would send the earth's ecological...
- Chevron Takes the Blame for Recent Oil Spill in Brazil Tue, 22 Nov 11, 10:52amRecent speculation that the giant oil spill off the coast of Brazil was caused by Chevron has been confirmed. Since last week’s satellite images revealed the spill to be nearly 10 times bigger than expected, the international...
- Chevron Takes the Blame for Recent Brazil Oil Spill Tue, 22 Nov 11, 7:12amRecent speculation that the giant oil spill off the coast of Brazil was caused by Chevron has been confirmed. Since last week’s satellite images revealed the spill to be nearly 10 times bigger than expected, the international...