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As if Yemen Needed More Woes, a Decrepit Oil Tanker Threatens Disaster

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on As if Yemen Needed More Woes, a Decrepit Oil Tanker Threatens Disaster

A rusting vessel used for years to store oil off Yemen’s coast poses what the United Nations has called a dire and entirely preventable threat of ecological catastrophe.

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Russia Declares Emergency After Arctic Oil Spill

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020IVAN NECHEPURENKOComments Off on Russia Declares Emergency After Arctic Oil Spill

The leak of more than 20,000 tons of diesel in Siberia, said to be one of the country’s worst such accidents, turned a river crimson and was heading for the ocean.

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Mysterious Oil Spill Becomes New Environmental Crisis for Brazil

October 8, 2019ERNESTO LONDOÑOComments Off on Mysterious Oil Spill Becomes New Environmental Crisis for Brazil

Brazil’s president said the government had a theory of what led to the spill, adding that a foreign country was on “the radar.”

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Oil Befouls Bahamas Coastline After Hurricane Dorian

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019FRANCES ROBLESComments Off on Oil Befouls Bahamas Coastline After Hurricane Dorian

Equinor, the Norwegian company that owns terminals damaged in the storm, said it was investigating whether they were the source.

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Indonesia Confronts, Belatedly, a Huge Oil Spill Near Jakarta

August 27, 2019August 28, 2019MUKTITA SUHARTONOComments Off on Indonesia Confronts, Belatedly, a Huge Oil Spill Near Jakarta

The true size of the July spill, which has left an inky stain across 12 miles of shoreline and upended livelihoods in a dozen villages, is still unknown.

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An Oil Spill Fouls a Tropical Eden Already Scarred by Mining

April 26, 2019JACQUELINE WILLIAMSComments Off on An Oil Spill Fouls a Tropical Eden Already Scarred by Mining

On Rennell, a Pacific island, the impoverished residents were already seeing little benefit from mining operations. Now an oil spill has poisoned their water and threatens a World Heritage site.

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Oil Spill Threatens a Treasured Coral Atoll in the South Pacific

March 6, 2019JACQUELINE WILLIAMSComments Off on Oil Spill Threatens a Treasured Coral Atoll in the South Pacific

A cargo ship has been leaking fuel for weeks on one of the Solomon Islands, home to a site that Unesco calls a “true natural laboratory for scientific study.”

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Over 50 People Missing After Nigerian Oil Pipeline Explosion

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019The Associated PressComments Off on Over 50 People Missing After Nigerian Oil Pipeline Explosion

A local council spokesman said the blast on Friday caused a massive oil spill in the Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State.

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