Wildlife

Peru investigates deaths of 500 sea lions on north coast

Peru is investigating the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a beach on its northern coastline.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2014
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, Peru, Marine Life, Dolphin, Oil Pollution
Environment

Shell Nigeria Denies It Lied to Dutch Court

Shell Petroleum and Development Company has denied that it lied to a Dutch court in The Hague about oil pollution in the Niger Delta.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Environment, Petrochemical Industry, Netherlands, Court, Oil Pollution, Forests, Mangroves, Africa
Water Pollution

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution caused by leakages of petroleum storage tanks and pipe lines installed by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., 10/11/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shri Sant Dasganu Maharaj Shetkari Sangh Akolner, Taluka : Nagar, VS The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. dated 10/11/2014 regarding groundwater pollution caused by leakages of petroleum storage tanks and pipe lines installed by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd at At Akolner, Tq. Nagar, District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

Judgement Date: 
10/11/2014
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ahmadnagar (D), Maharashtra, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Environmental monitoring report for ONGC Ltd., Veeracholapuram Project

The scope of the study and the present report covers the detailed characterization of the existing environmental status in the Project area for major environmental components viz. Meteorology, Ambient Air Quality, Water Quality and Noise Levels.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2014
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
Tags:
Oil Exploration, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Cauvery, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Air Pollution, PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Noise Pollution, Water Pollution, Oil Pollution
Environment

Fallout plume of submerged oil from Deepwater Horizon

Following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico an unprecedented quantity of oil irrupted into the ocean at a depth of 1.5 km. The novelty of this event makes the oil’s subsequent fate in the deep ocean difficult to predict. This work identifies a fallout plume of hydrocarbons from the Macondo Well contaminating the ocean floor over an area of 3,200 km2. Our analysis suggests the oil initially was suspended in deep waters and then settled to the underlying sea floor.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2014
David L. Valentine, G. Burch Fisher, Sarah C. Bagby & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1-6
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Pollution, Sedimentation
Environment

A targeted health risk assessment following the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in Vietnamese-American shrimp consumers

The Deep Water Horizon oil spill of 2010, prompted concern about health risks among seafood consumers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) via consumption of contaminated seafood. The objective of the study was to conduct population-specific probabilistic health risk assessments based on consumption of locally harvested white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) among Vietnamese-Americans in Southeast Louisiana.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
21/10/2014
Mark J. Wilson, Scott Frickel, Daniel Nguyen & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-36
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Marine Pollution, Health Effects, Food Contamination, Marine Life, Cancer
Energy

Nigeria: Oil Spill - Ikara Community Sends SOS FG

The people of Ikara Community in Ikpoba Oka Local Government Area of Edo State have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, following an oil spillage in the communi

Publication Date: 
21/10/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Africa, Nigeria, Oil Pollution, Community Groups, Compensation, Agriculture, Aquatic Animals
Environment

Caltex faces $2m fine for petrol leak

Caltex Australia faces a fine of as much as $2 million for an uncontrolled discharge of about 170,000 litres of petrol at its Banksmeadow Terminal at Port Botany in July last year.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Oil Pollution, Australia, Petrol, Petrochemical Industry
Environment

Colombian farmers sue BP in British court

More than 100 Colombian small farmers are taking on oil giant BP in the UK high court on Wednesday in one of the largest cases in environmental legal history.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Environment, Pollution, British Petroleum (BP), Petrochemical Industry, Oil Pollution, Court, United Kingdom (UK), Agriculture, Livestock, Colombia, Farmers
Environment

Nigeria: Environmentalist Calls for Scrapping of NOSDRA

Warri — A WARRI based environmentalist and activist, Eyitemi Brown-Dibofun, has called for the immediate scrapping of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA).

Publication Date: 
13/10/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Environment, Nigeria, Oil Pollution, Africa, Environmentalists, Pollution

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