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(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard has filed criminal charges against a thermal energy company and two of its officers following an oil spill in Iloilo on July 3. The PCG said the charges for violation of Section 107 of Republic Act (RA) 8550 or The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, as amended by RA 10654 on aquatic pollution were filed against AC Energy Inc. president John Eric Francia, and Power barge number 102 Plant Manager, […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A bulk carrier stranded on a coral reef off the Solomon Islands is being battered by heavy seas whipped up in a tropical cyclone, sparking fears a major environmental disaster. Officials said water had already breached the hull of the MV Solomon Trader, which ran aground on February 5, and one unconfirmed report said oil was leaking from the vessel. The 225-meter (740-foot) ship hit a reef near Rennell Island, […]
Thieves who broke into a pipeline near Rio de Janeiro to steal oil caused a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) spill of crude in waterways that is damaging mangroves and wildlife. https://youtu.be/lDZtvsKK140
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — French and Italian civil and military teams were working to contain a spreading oil spill in the Mediterranean Monday after a container ship collision off the island of Corsica that prompted France to launch an investigation into “maritime pollution”. The accident occurred early Sunday when a Tunisian freighter rammed into a Cyprus-based vessel anchored about 30 kilometers (20 miles) off the northern tip of the French island. The ship’s hull was […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A clean-up operation was under way in Hong Kong Monday after a massive palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters clogged some of its most popular beaches. The coast was coated with rancid-smelling sticky white clumps of the oil as it washed in Sunday, with 11 beaches still closed to swimmers Monday in the height of a summer heatwave. There are still lumps of the solidified oil […]
CHENNAI, India (AFP) — Hundreds of students and fishermen were working Friday to clean up an oil spill on India’s southern coast that campaigners say threatens the turtles that nest there every year. The Indian Coast Guard said around 35 kilometers (21 miles) of coastline off the southern city of Chennai had been affected by the spill which occurred when two ships carrying fuel collided last week. Campaigners and fishermen have accused the government of […]
By Lawrence Tesoro Eagle News Service Batangas City(Eagle News) — Kontrolado na ang langis na tumagas sa distribution pipeline sa oil depot ng Chevron Philippines sa San Pascual, Batangas. Ayon sa Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), wala nang dapat pang ipangamba ang mga residente ng San Pascual, Batangas sa naganap na pagtagas ng langis dahil 100 litro lamang ng langis ang tumagas at nalinis na umano ng mga PCG personnel ang oil spill. Sa ginawang paglilinis, […]
MAY 21 (Reuters) — Cleanup crews fanned out on Wednesday (May 20) across an oil-fouled California beach to scoop up gobs of petroleum spewed from a ruptured pipeline in the largest oil spill to hit the pristine but energy-rich Santa Barbara coastline in nearly two decades. The breach was believed to have spilled up to 2,500 barrels (105,000 gallons) of crude petroleum, five times more than initially estimated after Tuesday’s rupture, the pipeline company said […]
