oil spill

Catastrophic Oil Spill in Mauritius Is A Worldwide Problem

Cleome Barber was born in South Bend, Indiana to a Mauritian mother and British father and has lived here in the U.S., in Mauritius, France, and England. A recent graduate of Columbia University, she's currently living in New York City working for the Color of Music Collective, an organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals working in the music industry.

Prohibiting Maintenance of Tanker Off Yemeni Coast, Saudis Risk Explosion and Environmental Disaster

HODEIDA, YEMEN — Officials in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeida have expressed concern to MintPress that the deserted Safer FSO vessel, filled with an estimated 1.1 million barrels of crude oil, is vulnerable to an explosion or a leak due to increasing temperature, high humidity, and maintenance failures.

Keystone Pipeline Spills 210K Gallons of Oil in South Dakota

AMHERST, S.D. (AP)  TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Thursday, but state officials don’t believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems.
Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and activated emergency response procedures after a drop in pressure was detected resulting from the leak south of a pump station in Marshall County, TransCanada said in a statement. The cause was being investigated.

Companies Slated To Build Tar Sand Pipelines Have Spilled 63,000 Barrels Since 2010

An oil spill from the Belle Fourche Pipeline that was discovered Dec. 5, 2016 in Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Little Missouri River, near Belfield, N.D. (Scott Stockdill/North Dakota Department of Health)
The companies behind four proposed pipelines that would transport oil from Canada’s tar sands have spilled 63,000 barrels of hazardous liquids – including crude oil – from their existing US pipeline network since 2010, according to government data.