Green Options » oil spill http://greenoptions.com/tag/oil-spill Posts tagged 'oil spill' Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 37 Miles of Australian Beaches Declared Disaster Zone Due to Oil Spill http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/13/37-miles-of-australian-beaches-declared-disaster-zone-due-to-oil-spill/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/13/37-miles-of-australian-beaches-declared-disaster-zone-due-to-oil-spill/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:26:38 +0000 Derek Markham http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/13/37-miles-of-australian-beaches-declared-disaster-zone-due-to-oil-spill/ oil spill

Some of Australia’s most popular white sand beaches were declared a disaster zone today after an 11,000 gallon fuel oil spill from the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer.

The oil blackened miles of pristine beaches and has led to the detainment of the ship by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

“This could … be the worst environmental disaster we have faced.” - Anna Bligh, Queensland Premier

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/13/37-miles-of-australian-beaches-declared-disaster-zone-due-to-oil-spill/feed/ Oil Spill Wipes Sunshine from Coast of Australia http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/03/13/oil-spill-wipes-sunshine-from-coast-of-australia/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/03/13/oil-spill-wipes-sunshine-from-coast-of-australia/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:55:04 +0000 Amanda Peterka http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/03/13/oil-spill-wipes-sunshine-from-coast-of-australia/ Australia has been getting a beating the past few months. Aside from the fires that ravaged the country in the south and flooding in the north that cut off towns for weeks, authorities just announced on Friday that some of the Sunshine Coast’s most diverse and popular natural areas are in a state of disaster. A ship registered in Hong Kong and belonging to the British firm Swire Shipping, the Pacific Adventurer, is the cause: On Wednesday it lost 31 shipping containers and suffered a leak from a tank that can hold 100,000 gallons of fuel.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/03/13/oil-spill-wipes-sunshine-from-coast-of-australia/feed/ Killer Whale Population Never Recovered from Exxon Valdez Spill http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/12/killer-whale-population-never-recovered-from-exxon-valdez-spill/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/12/killer-whale-population-never-recovered-from-exxon-valdez-spill/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:25:40 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/12/killer-whale-population-never-recovered-from-exxon-valdez-spill/

Biologists believe that the entire population of killer whales in the Prince WIlliam Sound will soon die off completely.

While salmon, otters, and other animals in the area have experienced partial or full recoveries, this group of whales has struggled ever since the 11-million-gallon oil spill in 1989. At that point, the whales numbered 22. Today they’re down to just seven.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/12/killer-whale-population-never-recovered-from-exxon-valdez-spill/feed/ Scientists: “Frozen Smoke” is the Ultimate Tool for Cleaning Up Oil Spills http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/12/scientists-frozen-smoke-is-the-ultimate-tool-for-cleaning-up-oil-spills/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/12/scientists-frozen-smoke-is-the-ultimate-tool-for-cleaning-up-oil-spills/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:01:19 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/12/scientists-frozen-smoke-is-the-ultimate-tool-for-cleaning-up-oil-spills/

The American Chemical Society reports that aerogel or “frozen smoke” may be the holy grail of sponges for capturing oil from wastewater and soaking up oil spills. Unlike other costly and inefficient sponges, hydrophobic silica aerogels are both highly porous and absorbent.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/12/scientists-frozen-smoke-is-the-ultimate-tool-for-cleaning-up-oil-spills/feed/ Crews Still Working to Clean Santa Barbara Oil Spill http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/10/crews-still-working-to-clean-santa-barbara-oil-spill/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/10/crews-still-working-to-clean-santa-barbara-oil-spill/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:00:50 +0000 Becky Striepe http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/10/crews-still-working-to-clean-santa-barbara-oil-spill/
[Creative Commons photo by Russian Doors/Marine Photobank]

Cleanup crews are working to mop up an oil spill off of the Santa Barbara coastline of over 1,100 gallons. The 27 barrel spill occurred at Platform A, the site of a disastrous 1969 spill which killed thousands of sea birds and covered hundreds of miles. The Department of Fish and Wildlife is still doing checks and flyovers to look for injured wildlife, especially sea birds.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/10/crews-still-working-to-clean-santa-barbara-oil-spill/feed/ Scientists Develop Oil Spill and Pollution Spotting Bacteria http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/scientists-develop-oil-spill-and-pollution-spotting-bacteria/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/scientists-develop-oil-spill-and-pollution-spotting-bacteria/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:10:10 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/scientists-develop-oil-spill-and-pollution-spotting-bacteria/ A team of researchers have developed a color-coded bacteria that will make it much easier to detect oil-spills and other forms of environmental pollution.

During a recent sea expedition the team successfully used the bacteria, which contains a protein that glows blue when viewed though a simple light-detecting device, to detect oil.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/scientists-develop-oil-spill-and-pollution-spotting-bacteria/feed/ Australian Senator Discusses Oil Spill [funny] http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:32:05 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/ This Australian Senator states his position very clearly: It’s not that oil tankers are unsafe, they just need to build them so that the fronts stop falling off! Enjoy this satirical short (under 2 mins.).This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post.
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]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/feed/ The Arctic Oil Rush and My Misgivings http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/27/the-arctic-oil-rush-and-my-misgivings/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/27/the-arctic-oil-rush-and-my-misgivings/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:58:49 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/27/the-arctic-oil-rush-and-my-misgivings/ 146760299_f1095e7a99 Every time that I see “Arctic” paired with “oil” in the one sentence, I start getting antsy. It can only mean one thing, and that one thing is eventually going to see oil spills coating ice-sheets rocking up on the front pages of our newspapers. And over and over people are reminded that whatever oil lays beneath those icy plains, won’t sustain the planet for very long.

A government-run US Geological Survey found that 90 billion barrels of oil and a vast quantity of natural gas is waiting beneath the Arctic Circle. These results came to light late last week, once again reenergizing publicity for the future of Arctic drilling.

According to the study, 90 billion barrels of crude, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of gas and 44 million barrels of natural gas liquids, are all just waiting for humans to come and extract them at any cost. Those humans will probably be representatives of the six countries that own – for a given value of “own” – stakes in the Arctic; Russia, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Greenland and the US.

“The Alaska platform really looms as the most obvious place to look for oil in the Arctic right now,” said USGS geologist Donald Gautier.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/27/the-arctic-oil-rush-and-my-misgivings/feed/ Alaskan Oil Fields Spill Risk http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/14/alaskan-oil-fields-spill-risk/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/14/alaskan-oil-fields-spill-risk/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:48:56 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/14/alaskan-oil-fields-spill-risk/ oil“We’re not antidevelopment. We’re not antigrowth. But this is just stupid.”

How many times has that been muttered over the past few years, in an attempt to bring a semblance of common sense to the world?

The answer is, obviously, far too many. But nevertheless it has once again been spoken by Margaret Williams of the World Wildlife Fund in Alaska in response to the leasing of millions of offshore acres for petroleum development in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/14/alaskan-oil-fields-spill-risk/feed/ How to Deal With An Oilspill http://ecoscraps.com/2007/12/20/how-to-deal-with-an-oilspill/ http://ecoscraps.com/2007/12/20/how-to-deal-with-an-oilspill/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:53:08 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://ecoscraps.com/2007/12/20/how-to-deal-with-an-oilspill/ Just gather up a bunch of hair and mushrooms in a closed-loop system, man.  From the folks at Matter of Trust.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2007/12/20/how-to-deal-with-an-oilspill/feed/ The Dark Side of Crude: Firsthand Accounts of Korea’s Oil Spill Cleanup http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/19/the-dark-side-of-crude-firsthand-accounts-of-koreas-oil-spill-cleanup/ http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/19/the-dark-side-of-crude-firsthand-accounts-of-koreas-oil-spill-cleanup/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:37:57 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/19/the-dark-side-of-crude-firsthand-accounts-of-koreas-oil-spill-cleanup/ This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

What’s it like helping to clean up after the single worst ecological disaster in a nation’s history? Ecoworldly went to the Taean Peninsula–the site of South Korea’s recent oil spill–to lend a hand and find out.

There is, perhaps, the sense in the West that Asian countries are less concerned about the environment. Ten years ago, this may have been true. However, ask one of the tens of thousands of Korean volunteers who have come to help clean up the massive 10-million liter (2.6m gallon) oil spill off the West Coast of their country, and you’ll hear another story.

Jun Ho Kim, a university student and volunteer at the oil cleanup, says, “All of the Korean people think about the environment. People used to think that development was best; they only thought about development. Their consciousness has changed. Their concept about the world has changed.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/19/the-dark-side-of-crude-firsthand-accounts-of-koreas-oil-spill-cleanup/feed/ Massive Oil Spill Threatens Wetlands, National Park in South Korea http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/12/massive-oil-spill-threatens-wetlands-national-park-in-south-korea/ http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/12/massive-oil-spill-threatens-wetlands-national-park-in-south-korea/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:35:46 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/12/massive-oil-spill-threatens-wetlands-national-park-in-south-korea/ oiled-bird-south-korea.jpgTaean Peninsula, South Korea – On Friday, 10 million liters (2.7m gallons) of crude oil gushed from three holes in the side of the Hebei Spirit oil tanker, spilling into the Yellow Sea offshore Taeanhaean National Park. Already the worst spill in the country’s history, its timing and location add more reason for concern. Migrating birds make their winter home in and around the national park. Residents also fear that the fishing and tourist industries that sustain the region will collapse, devastating the local economy.

Mallipo beach, on the Taean peninsula, is considered one of South Korea’s most beautiful beaches. It’s 3 km of white sands call to beach-goers and eco-tourists alike. Today, however, Mallipo’s white sands are buried under a 10-cm thick blanket of black crude that stretches over 50 km of coastline.

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The Taean Peninsula itself is listed as one of the top “22 Priority Sites for Conservation” in the Yellow Sea, according to the South Korean-Chinese Government Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Program. Taeanhaean National Park boasts 250 species of flora, and in the winter the area serves as an important stopover for many species of migrating birds. The area is home to a number of unique species such as the Finless Porpoise and the Bar-tailed Godwit, which makes the longest non-stop migration flight of any bird.

Some of the most delicate wetland ecosystems in Korea are also located on the same peninsula, south of the spill. To date, oil from the spill remains concentrated in the north, around Mallipo beach. However, Nial Moores of Birds Korea, a national birding and conservation organization, warns that it is likely that currents will carry the oil south to the Geum Estuary and the Cheonsu Bay wetlands. There is no current estimate of the consequences this would have for the area’s migrating birds.

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