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Analysis: What Bill C-22 Means For Oil Spill Cleanup in Canada
Analysis: What Bill C-22 Means For Oil Spill Cleanup in Canada After BP’s Deepwater Horizon well blowout in April 2010, responders dumped approximately 1.84 million gallons of chemical dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to stop the oil slick from fouling fragile coastal environments. The use of such a massive quantity of dispersants, coupled […]
New—and Worrisome—Contaminants Emerge From Oil and Gas Wells
New—and Worrisome—Contaminants Emerge From Oil and Gas Wells Researchers find alarming levels of ammonium and iodide in fracking wastewater released into Pennsylvania and West Virginia streams. Two hazardous chemicals never before known as oil and gas industry pollutants – ammonium and iodide – are being released into Pennsylvania and West Virginia waterways from the booming […]
Chemicals from fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing make us sick – Faces of Fracking
Chemicals from fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing make us sick – Faces of Fracking. It is well-known that many of the chemicals used in fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing are harmful to our bodies. Just look at the above graphic. What hasn’t been so clear is the evidence that highlights incidences where these chemicals have actually made […]
Ocean Plastic Estimated at 5.25 Trillion Pieces — But Where’s the Rest? – Our World
Ocean Plastic Estimated at 5.25 Trillion Pieces — But Where’s the Rest? – Our World. The deluge of plastic detritus — from the large to the microscopic — swirling about in our oceans weighs in at 269,000 metric tons, according to the most comprehensive research on marine plastic hot off the press yesterday. One of the […]
Full scale of plastic in the world’s oceans revealed for first time | Environment | The Guardian
Full scale of plastic in the world’s oceans revealed for first time | Environment | The Guardian. More than five trillion pieces of plastic, collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tonnes, are floating in the world’s oceans, causing damage throughout the food chain, new research has found. Data collected by scientists from the US, France, Chile, Australia […]
Disaster Persists 30 Years after Bhopal Gas Catastrophe – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Disaster Persists 30 Years after Bhopal Gas Catastrophe – SPIEGEL ONLINE. When the monsoon washes away the dust of the Indian summer from the landscape, huts and people of Bhopal, the dry basin behind the slum of J.P. Nagar turns into a lake. Laughing children swim in it, fishermen wait for the telltale tug on […]
Conservationists slam plans to dump mining waste into Norwegian fjord | Environment | The Guardian
Conservationists slam plans to dump mining waste into Norwegian fjord | Environment | The Guardian. Norway’s image as one of the world’s cleanest, greenest countries with some of the finest unspoilt scenery will be tarnished if the government allows a giant titanium mining company to dump hundreds of millions of tonnes of waste directly into […]
3 Billion Gallons Of Fracking Wastewater Pumped Into Clean California Aquifiers: “Errors Were Made” State Admits | Zero Hedge
3 Billion Gallons Of Fracking Wastewater Pumped Into Clean California Aquifiers: “Errors Were Made” State Admits | Zero Hedge. Dear California readers: if you drank tapwater this morning (or at any point in the past few weeks/months), you may be in luck as you no longer need to buy oil to lubricate your engine: just […]
