Hazardous Waste

Juhu beach spill not related to leak from sunken ship?

Indications are that it is a local phenomenon

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mumbai, Oil Pollution, Fisheries, Municipal Corporation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Hazardous Waste

MV Rak oil spill: Experts advise against eating sea food

Oil spills in the Arabian Sea, off the Mumbai coast, seem to have become an annual affair.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Environmentalists, Marine Fisheries, Marine Life, Marine Ecosystems, Oil Pollution, Fisheries, Shipping
Hazardous Waste

Grounding of ships: Mumbai fishermen threaten to move court over compensation

Rattled by the recent incidents of grounding of ships, MV Wisdom, MT Pavit and MV Rak carrier, the fishermen's association in Mumbai today threatened to move the Bombay High Court over safety and s

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mumbai, Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Compensation, High Court, Coastal Regulations, Oil Pollution, Shipping
Hazardous Waste

Juhu beach losing sand because of MT Pavit

Mumbai’s latest unwelcome maritime visitor, MT Pavit, could cause severe erosion of the iconic Juhu beach if it is not towed away soon, warn marine science experts.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Shipping, Mumbai, Oil Pollution, Research Agencies, Pollution, Minerals, Soil Erosion, Goa
Hazardous Waste

Ship sinks off Mumbai, 30 rescued

Vessel’s Oil, Coal Cargo Fuel Environmental Pollution Worries

Publication Date: 
05/08/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Oil Pollution, Pollution, Coal, Shipping
Hazardous Waste

100 tonnes of fuel in MV Rak Carrier sparks oil spill scare

The Panama-flagged bulk carrier, MV Rak Carrier, was carrying 60,000 metric tonnes of coal in its holds.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Coal, Mumbai, Pollution Control, Shipping

Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland

Publication Date: 
05/08/2011
UNEP
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Nigeria, Water Pollution, Water Polluting Industries, Industrial Pollution, Oil Exploration, Groundwater Quality, Land Pollution
Water Pollution

Response of coastal fishes to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster

The ecosystem-level impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been largely unpredictable due to the unique setting and magnitude of this spill. We used a five-year (2006–2010) data set within the oil-affected region to explore acute consequences for early-stage survival of fish species  inhabiting seagrass nursery habitat. Although many of these species

Publication Date: 
06/07/2011
F. Joel Fodrie, Kenneth L. Heck
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Oil Pollution, Marine Pollution, Marine Fisheries, Gulf Of Mexico, Marine Ecosystems, Water Pollution
Hazardous Waste

1 lakh litres diesel spills at Mundra port

Ahmedabad:Around one lakh litres of diesel spilled off Mundra coast in Kutch district of Gujarat from the oil jetty of a private port on Tuesday, when a consignment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) was being off-loaded from a ship.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Diesel, Oil Pollution, Shipping, Water Pollution, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Kuchchh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Wildlife

Shipwreck may endanger Olive Ridleys

The Chinese shipwreck off Orissa

Publication Date: 
17/06/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Turtles, Endangered Species, Shipping, Kendrapara (D), Gahirmatha Marine SA

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