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Oil Pollution
Madagascar: Inauguration of Eco-Body to Fight Oil Spill Pollution -- Jul 8, 2005...the fight, and cooperation against pollution caused by oil tanker spills as per the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and ... (RedNova.com,)
Increased shipping brings oil pollution -- Jul 5, 2005...yesterday, Liu Gongchen, deputy director-general of MSA, said his administration is working to establish a compensation regime for oil pollution from ships to ... (People's Daily Online,)
Fund for Oil Pollution Compensation to Be Established -- Jul 5, 2005China will establish a fund for compensation for oil pollution damage to protect the ocean. China will establish a fund for compensation ... (CRI,)
Fish farms hit by oil pollution -- Jun 29, 2005Barely six days after an oil slick befouled the Sungai Rengit jetty, more oil pollution struck 80 fish farms in Kukup Laut, Pontian. ... (New Straits Times,)
Shipping firms to pay levy for oil-spill fund -- Jul 7, 2005BEIJING, July 8 -- China's Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) would soon establish an oil pollution fund and shipping companies would be charged a levy to ... (Xinhua,)
Marine Oil Pollution Bill Passed -- Jun 20, 2005KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Dewan Dewan Rakyat, Monday approved the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2005, which among others ... (Bernama,)
Legislation to protect Canada's marine environments from polluters ... -- Jun 25, 2005Once a specific ship is proven beyond doubt to be the source of oil pollution, the ship, its officers and its owners to must demonstrate that they took all ... (Canada NewsWire (press release),)
Countries join hands in maritime exercise -- Jul 6, 2005The drill is expected to last 70 minutes from 10:30 am and will involve rescuing drowning sailors, fire fighting, cleaning up oil pollution and thwarting a ... (Xinhua,)
S/South's Bid for 25 Percent Okay - Clergy -- Jul 6, 2005...should realise that over 90 per cent of the people in the Niger-Delta live below poverty line, while they don't have potable water due to oil pollution. ... (AllAfrica.com,)
Maritime Exercise in E.China Sea -- Jul 6, 2005The drill lasted about 70 minutes and involved rescuing sailors from the water, fire fighting, cleaning up oil pollution and thwarting a terrorist attack. ... (CRI,)
Oil spill resists steam-cleaning -- Jun 21, 2005SAN LUIS OBISPO - A disappointing experiment in using steam to blast loose underground oil pollution at the Guadalupe Beach oil field has left state water ... (San Jose Mercury News,)
Steam is no match for coastal oil spill -- Jun 22, 2005GUADALUPE - A disappointing experiment in using steam to blast loose underground oil pollution at the Guadalupe Beach oil field on the Central Coast has left ... (Contra Costa Times,)
The Plowboy Interview -- Jun 17, 2005...the Indian Ocean, even in remote places like the Canal of Mozambique between South Africa and Madagascar, atolls and coral islands are dying from oil pollution ... (Mother Earth News)
Merchant shipping bill goes before Lords -- Jun 10, 2005Victims of oil pollution from tankers could receive extra compensation if a bill currently being examined by the House of Lords gets passed. ... (Environmental Data Interactive,)
Fund for oil spills could get boost -- Jun 13, 2005Fund. Established in 1990 by the Oil Pollution Act, the tax expired just four years later. The fund still holds about $842 million. ... (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,)
Marine polution risk minimised during Kiperousa salvage operation -- Jun 27, 2005The 'Kuswag1', the Department's oil pollution abatement vessel, remains on standby and the Department anti pollution patrol aircraft, 'Kuswag 8', continues to ... (Dive South Africa,)
Maldives becomes a member of the Marine Pollution, convention of ... -- Jun 15, 2005...convention on the safety of life at sea, protocol 88 of SOLARCE 1974, the international convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage, protocol 92 of ... (MaldivesInfo (press release),)
5 cents a barrel -- Jun 15, 2005...fund. It was lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez spill that led Congress to create the fund as part of the 1990 Oil Pollution Act. ... (Anchorage Daily News,)
Navy Visits Eastern Point To Teach About Pollution -- Jun 12, 2005...the Navy's visit, the students performed experiments to learn the effect of detergents on the water surface and also learned about oil pollution by attempting ... (TheDay (subscription),)
World Ocean Day: how satellites safeguard our waters -- Jun 9, 2005...pollution. For detecting oil pollution, radar sensors such as Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) are effective. ... (innovations report,)
Salvors eye tide for refloating -- Jun 16, 2005The Kuswag 1, an oil pollution abatement vessel deployed by the department to the scene, remains on standby in the event of an oil spill. ... (News24,)
House passes oil spill prevention measure -- Jun 27, 2005The measure would: increase liability limits on single-hull tankers under the Oil Pollution Act; require ships to report objects that are lost overboard to the ... (Newsday,)
House Passes Oil Spill Prevention Measure -- Jun 28, 2005...into the Delaware River. The act would increase liability limits on single-hull tankers under the Oil Pollution Act. It would also ... (WBOC TV 16,)
Harlequin enjoys Oil Heating Show success! -- Jun 26, 2005...was the revolutionary, new LRC failsafe overfill prevention system, which has the potential to make overfills – a leading cause of oil pollution – a thing ... (OilFiredUp,)
WWF-Canada welcomes Federal commitment to stop illegal bilge ... -- Jun 27, 2005...be directed to the Environmental Damages Fund, which will allow access to additional funds for non-government groups to help reduce impacts from oil pollution. ... (PR Direct (press release),)
Spill responders strike -- Jun 24, 2005MSRC was founded in 1991, in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989, and is funded by oil companies as part of the Oil Pollution Act of ... (Long Beach Press-Telegram,)
Azerbaijan set for a second oil boom -- Jun 11, 2005It supplied the cash for some of the most sumptuous Victorian stately homes in Britain, but left Baku with a legacy of oil pollution that the Soviet empire ... (Gulf Times,)
New Environmental Initiatives Target Low Gas Flare, Drought ... -- Jun 10, 2005FEC) has approved a National Oil Spill Contingency plan for Nigeria in compliance with the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and ... (AllAfrica.com,)
Lithuanian, Russian experts meet in Vilnius to discuss environment -- Jun 27, 2005Commission for cooperation in the field of environment opened in Vilnius on Monday to discuss the protection of the Baltic Sea from possible oil pollution. ... (ITAR-TASS,)
News briefs from California's Central Coast -- Jun 21, 2005State water authorities had hoped an experiment using steam to blast loose underground oil pollution would clean up the Guadalupe Beach oil field. ... (San Jose Mercury News,)
Grounded Vessel Still Monitored -- Jun 17, 2005It has deployed the oil pollution abatement vessel, Kuswag1, and Kuswag 8 surveillance aircraft to the scene since Monday to monitor the situation. ... (AllAfrica.com,)
Environmental Protection, Barcelona Convention and Euro ... -- Jun 20, 2005...wildlife of the Mediterranean are threatened by sometimes uncontrolled tourist development and pollution, such as unprocessed sewage, oil pollution and toxic ... (EUROPA (press release),)
3 oil firms to pay $1.3M to settle violations on Wyo. Indian ... -- Jun 8, 2005Co., CamWest Inc. and CamWest LP violated the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. The oil fields ... (Waste News,)
Land rights activists berate proposed plan -- Jun 10, 2005In addition, a yet-to-be acquired sum generated by an oil tax created under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 after a massive oil spill in Valdez, Alaska, also ... (Coos Bay World,)
Differences run deep over drilling in Great Lakes -- Jun 17, 2005They pointed to such landmark environmental legislation as the 1972 Clean Water Act and the 1990 Oil Pollution Act as examples of laws protecting the ... (Chicago Tribune,)
EDTA Capital Hill Briefing: Transforming Transportation ... -- Jun 15, 2005T. Doolittle (R-CA) Why: Electric drive is a proven solution for three critical issues that America faces: dependence on foreign oil, pollution and greenhouse ... (Business Wire (press release),)
Dewan Rakyat Meets On Monday -- Jun 17, 2005They are the Excise (Amendment) Bill 2005; Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Bill 2005; Private Employment Agencies (Amendment) Bill 2005; Insurance (Amendment ... (Bernama,)
Oil companies ink $1.3 million settlement -- Jun 7, 2005...and CamWest Limited Partnership were charged with violating the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Oil Pollution Act on the Lander and Winkleman Dome ... (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,)
Feds hold public meeting on New Carissa -- Jun 7, 2005...for several million dollars reaped from a lawsuit settlement with the shipping company and a yet-to-be acquired sum available under the Oil Pollution Act of ... (Coos Bay World,)
Settlement secures $1.32M in penalties, environmental projects on ... -- Jun 6, 2005...and CamWest Limited Partnership allegedly violated the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Oil Pollution Act on the Lander and Winkleman Dome Oil ... (U.S. EPA.gov (press release),)
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