Archive for ‘oil spill’
Coastguard Failures Hamper Oil Spill Investigation.
November 15th, 2007
Even though 30 beaches have been closed, some oil infested areas such as Richmond were neglected by cleanup crews. Help arrived Wednesday night.
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Governor Suspends Bay Fishing After Oil Spill
November 14th, 2007
Governor Schwarzenegger has suspended fishing in ares contaminated by last week’s oil spill.
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Specialists and Volunteers Try to Save Birds
November 14th, 2007
As investigators continue to probe the recent San Francisco Bay oil spill, wildlife specialists and volunteers have joined hands to try to clean and rehabilitate hundreds oil-covered birds found on area beaches.
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Greka Oil Spill
November 13th, 2007
About 6300 gallons of oil spilled in to a pond near Santa Maria. Officials say it will take 2 to 3 days to clean the pond.
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Impact of Black Sea oil spill to last decades
November 13th, 2007
Environmentalists in Russia and Ukraine predict that the ecological impact of a recent oil spill in the Black Sea will last decades, the Interfax news agency reported. Some 2,000 tons of heating oil spilled into the Kerch Strait dividing the two former Soviet republics on Sunday, after a tanker sank in severe weather.
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Oil Spill: Clean-Up Efforts Moving On-Shore
November 12th, 2007
Clean-up efforts continued Monday in San Francisco Bay following a massive oil spill. Authorities said that the clean-up operation was in a transition mode as it moved from off-shore to on-shore mop up.
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Search on for missing seamen
November 12th, 2007
Three bodies were found ashore near the Tuzla Spit, a piece of land jutting out from the Russian coast towards the Ukrainian Crimea. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said several other sailors are still missing.
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Crab Season Delayed By Bay Oil Spill
November 12th, 2007
The Bay Area crab season is delayed due to the oil spill in the bay.
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Pelosi Visits Spill Damage in San Francisco
November 12th, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Crissy Field in San Francisco Monday, as she saw for herself the damage caused by the oil spill in the San Francisco Bay.
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Russia tries to contain oil spill, save seamen
November 12th, 2007
ussian authorities launched a major rescue operation at the northern mouth of the Black Sea on Monday to save missing seamen and contain environmental damage after a storm sank at least four ships and split open a small oil tanker.
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Ships Run Aground, at Least 3 Die in Russia
November 12th, 2007
Rescuers recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea, while officials assess the damage from an oil tanker spill.
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Criminal Probe Underway in San Fran Oil Spill
November 12th, 2007
A criminal probe is underway in the cargo ship crash that caused a massive oil leak in the San Francisco Bay. The NTSB has also started an investigation into the accident.
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Bay Spill ‘Should Never Have Happened’
November 11th, 2007
California officials say the recovery begins in earnest now in the San Francisco Bay. One Coast Guard official says speed may have been a factor in the ship crash that spilled nearly 60 thousand gallons of fuel into the bay.
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Cleaning Up The San Francisco Oil Spill
November 9th, 2007
How authorities are cleaning up the San Francisco oil spill.
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Crews Clean Up After San Fran Oil Spill
November 9th, 2007
Environmentalists race to save birds and marine life after 58,000 gallons of oil pours into the San Francisco bay. A cargo ship crashed into a tower attached to the Bay Bridge leaking the heavy fuel in the waters on Wednesday morning.
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