At first, the photos are hard to look at: oil swirls across water, creating a horrific tableau of the environmental disaster of the century. But upon further reflection, there is beauty in Burtynsky’s ...
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Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study
By Daniel Shailer In late August 2019, fishing communities along the northeast coast of Brazil reported black oily stains ...
NEW ORLEANS — 16 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the legacy of the disaster is colliding with a renewed push to expand offshore drilling under the administration of President Donald Trump ...
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that soiled beaches, killed wildlife and sparked outrage from environmental groups was caused by a leaky pipeline owned by state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, the ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2020, amid the chaos of the pandemic, the island nation of Mauritius was hit by one of the worst environmental disasters in its history when the ...
On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Documents disclosed as part of a lawsuit against UK-based oil company Shell show leadership continued operating a compromised pipeline in Nigeria’s ...
Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.
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