In what’s becoming all too common news, another oil pipeline burst last night, this time on the streets of Los Angeles, America’s second largest city. Details are still emerging, but … Read more
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It’s Past Time for Strong Tar Sands Safety Regulations
On May 6, the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from pipeline oil spills quietly issued a notice intended to give a nudge for pipeline operators to do a … Read more
Fate of Gulf Wildlife Still Uncertain 4 Years After BP Oil Disaster
It has been four years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and sending more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. A … Read more
Consequences of Texas City “Y” Oil Spill Continue to Surface
The March 22 oil spill that occurred in the Houston Ship Channel moved out into the Gulf and traveled south over the last several days. After hitting the shores of Matagorda … Read more
A Year After Mayflower Disaster, an Oil Spill at Every Turn
A year ago, residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, watched in horror as heavy, toxic tar sands oil poured out of a burst pipeline, across their yards … Read more
One Year After Mayflower, Time to Say ‘No’ to Dangerous Pipelines
On March 17, a damaged pipeline in southwest Ohio leaked 20,000 gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve. As if the oil itself hadn’t hurt enough small animals and … Read more
Remembering Exxon Valdez
Twenty-five years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez crashed into a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Eleven million gallons of oil contaminated over 11,000 square miles of ocean and … Read more
Oil Spill Threatens Wildlife in the Galveston Bay
Well, it looks like there has been yet another fossil fuel accident. Over the weekend, 168,000 gallons of toxic oil spilled into the Galveston Bay. A Kirby Inland Marine oil barge collided with a cargo … Read more
BP Oil Sickened South Florida Fish: Study
Dissolved oil from the 2010 oil disaster may have moved as far south as Florida’s Sanibel Island, sickening fish along the way, new research from the University of South Florida … Read more
New Oil Spill Fouls Mississippi River
On Sunday, an oil barge travelling down the Mississippi River collided with a tugboat, spilling more than 31,000 gallons. Thankfully no one was hurt, but a 65-mile stretch of the … Read more
