Hazardous Waste

SC debars arrival of ‘hazardous’ vessel

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a controversial US ship to head to Alang in Gujarat for dismantling after an NGO pointed out that the vessel was required to give prior intimation of it

Publication Date: 
15/05/2012
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Shipping, Supreme Court, India, Oil Pollution, NGO, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways
Water Pollution

Deepwater Horizon Spill Trial Moved

A trial to apportion blame and damages for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will now start in 2013 after the New Orleans judge hearing the case scheduled a new start date.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2012
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Water Pollution, Oil Pollution, Court, Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, British Petroleum (BP), Petrochemical Industry, Gulf Of Mexico, Compensation
Environment

Chevron seeks bank records in Ecuador environmental suit

Chevron Corp went to federal court in Miami on Friday seeking to force an Ecuadorean bank to release records of alleged bribes the company says were paid to an independent expert in a multi-billion

Publication Date: 
05/05/2012
Reuters
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Court, Ecuador, Environment, Petrochemical Industry, Oil Exploration, Forests, Pollution, Oil Pollution
Water Pollution

US, Alabama urge no delay in BP oil spill trial

The U.S.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2012
Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Tags:
United States Of America (US), British Petroleum (BP), Gulf Of Mexico, Water Pollution, Oil Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Court, Compensation, Petrochemical Industry
Environment

Offshore exploration in the Arctic: Can Shell’s oil-spill response plans keep up?

All around the world, oil and gas companies are being forced by resource declines to drill in less accessible areas, and the Arctic is their newest frontier. The geology above the Arctic Circle—that is, everything above latitude 66.56°N—holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil and 1,669 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or 22% of the world’s undiscovered conventional resources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Charles W. Schmidt
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Arctic, Oil Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Oil Exploration, Ecology, Geology, United States Of America (US)
Environment

Shell Nigeria spill 60 times worse than said - Amnesty

An oil spill in Nigeria for which Royal Dutch Shell is being sued for tens of millions of dollars in a London court was at least 60 times worse than it announced, a report by Amnesty International

Publication Date: 
24/04/2012
Reuters
Tags:
Nigeria, Oil Pollution, Environment, Court, Water Pollution, Petrochemical Industry, Fisheries, Compensation
Water Pollution

Shrimp Processors Object To BP Oil Spill Pact

Shrimp processors have asked a federal judge to delay preliminary approval of BP Plc's proposed settlement of economic damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, arguing that it is unfai

Publication Date: 
24/04/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Court, Fisheries, Water Pollution, Gulf Of Mexico, United States Of America (US), Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, British Petroleum (BP)
Energy

Deep-water drilling remains a risky business

Donald Boesch argues that the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should be enshrined in legislation before they fade from memory.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2012
Donald Boesch
Nature
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Oil Pollution, Legislation, United States Of America (US), Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Ecosystems
Water Pollution

Papers Detail BP Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill

The estimated multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and lawyers representing individual and business plaintiffs in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was fleshed out on Wednesday in hundreds of

Publication Date: 
19/04/2012
John Schwartz
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), British Petroleum (BP), Petrochemical Industry, Gulf Of Mexico, Oil Pollution, Water Pollution, Court, Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Environment
Environment

Developmental exposure to a toxic spill compromises long-term reproductive performance in a wild, long-lived bird: The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Exposure to environmental contaminants may result in reduced reproductive success and long-lasting population declines in vertebrates. Emerging data from laboratory studies on model species suggest that certain life-stages, such as development, should be of special concern. However, detailed investigations of long-term consequences of developmental exposure to environmental chemicals on breeding performance are currently lacking in wild populations of long-lived vertebrates.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2012
Raquel Baos, Roger Jovani, David Serrano & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Oil Pollution, Birds, Ecology, Industrial Pollution, Ecosystems, Wetlands, Spain

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