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Oil Spill From Ship-Barge Crash Closes Houston Ship Channel
2014-03-23 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A major oil spill Saturday has closed the Houston Ship Channel, preventing over 60 vessels, including three cruise ships, from transiting between the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay. Efforts to contain and recover about 168,000 gallons of marine fuel oil spilled when a bulk carrier collided with a barge continue today with what the U.S. Coast Guard calls "aggressive deployment of all available response resources." At 12:35 pm Saturday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston...
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After 25 years, Exxon Valdez oil spill hasn't ended
2014-03-23 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Twenty-five years ago on March 24, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef and spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into the cold, clear waters of Alaska's Prince William Sound -- one of the "last best places" on Earth. The oil charged through Prince William Sound and out into the Gulf of Alaska, damaging more than 1,300 miles of some of the most remote, wild shoreline in this country. This happened 25 years ago, so we might note the anniversary as we do any other historical...
Cleanup after Texas oil spill causes disruption major waterway
2014-03-23 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic on Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships. A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil collided with a ship on Saturday afternoon, springing a leak. Officials believe only one of the barge's tanks which holds 168,000 gallons, was breached, though Coast Guard Petty Officer...
Crews Mopping Up Oil Spill In Texas' Galveston Bay
2014-03-23 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil in Galveston Bay continued Sunday, a day after a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of fuel collided with a ship. Crews are skimming oil out of the water and booms have been brought in to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the Houston shipping channel, Coast Guard Petty Officer Andy Kendrick said Sunday morning. The area is a popular bird habitat, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season, and Kendrick said there...
Crews try to contain oil spill in Texas' Galveston Bay as peak bird migration season nears
2014-03-23 06:13:20| Appliances - Topix.net
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of especially thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat as the peak of the migratory shorebird season was approaching.
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