Category: Oil Spills

Weekend saltwater and oil spill contained in Dunn County

Weekend saltwater and oil spill contained in Dunn County

| January 6, 2018

Weekend saltwater and oil spill contained in Dunn County By Forum News Service on Jan 2, 2018   BISMARCK—About 700 barrels of saltwater and 25 barrels of oil spilled in Dunn County Saturday, Dec. 30, the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division said Tuesday. The spill happened at a saltwater disposal well 13 miles north […]

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Another Pipeline Bursts Endangering Drinking Water

Another Pipeline Bursts Endangering Drinking Water

| January 21, 2017 | Reply

Another Pipeline Bursts Endangering Drinking Water Of 6 Million People – Same Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline November 17, 2016 2:41 pm by CCN   While most of us are enjoying lower gasoline and natural gas prices these days – a big help to the family budget – it is increasingly difficult to defend the […]

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76% of coastal land loss is due to oil and gas activity.

76% of coastal land loss is due to oil and gas activity.

| January 1, 2017 | Reply

Lt. General Honoré: Oil and Gas Must Fix What They Broke by Louisiana Environmental Action Network | Oct 18, 2016 caption: An oil and gas field in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana. Oil and gas activity has cut Louisiana’s coast to shreds. Watch the video: The activities of the oil and gas industry have torn apart our […]

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Which PipeLine Will be Next to Effect our WaterWays

Which PipeLine Will be Next to Effect our WaterWays

| December 5, 2016 | Reply

Which PipeLine Will be Next to Effect our WaterWays America’s Dangerous Pipelines From the Center for Biological Diversity   The US Energy Information Administration shows the network of existing crude oil pipelines across the country. List of Oil Spills in the 21st Century

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Marine Oil Spills Are No Longer News Worthy

Marine Oil Spills Are No Longer News Worthy

| November 19, 2016 | Reply

“Marine Oil Spills Are No Longer News Worthy” Marine Oil Spills are the spillage of liquid petroleum hydrocarbon “OIL” in the Marine environment, usually due to human activity where the oil is released into the ocean polluting the marine environment. The Oil Spill can destroy the insulating properties of fur-bearing ocean mammals, eg. sea otters, […]

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Are Aging Tar Sands, Failing, Oil Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes?

Are Aging Tar Sands, Failing, Oil Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes?

| November 5, 2016 | Reply

WOW this article makes you wonder how many Oil Spill Disasters  will occur before the community & the powers to be take positive action to replace such aging or failing oil pipelines or at least have a product like OILZORB on hand to protect the environment Are Aging Tar Sands, Failing, Oil Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes? […]

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How Toxic Is Oil?

How Toxic Is Oil?

| February 2, 2016 | Reply

How Toxic Is Oil? Assessing the toxicity of oil is a tricky business. The main difficulty is that “oil” is a mixture of many different chemicals, and no two oils are the same. Proportions of chemicals vary even within a single category of oil, like crude oil or diesel oil. For example, Arabian crude oil, […]

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How Oil Harms Animals and Plants in Marine Environments

How Oil Harms Animals and Plants in Marine Environments

| February 2, 2016 | Reply

How Oil Harms Animals and Plants in Marine Environments Excerpt from US Office of Response and Restoration In general, how oil harms animals and plants from oil spills is that it can affect animals and plants in two ways: from the oil itself and from the response or cleanup operations. Understanding both types of impacts […]

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