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• BP Leaks in Alaska, Again

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 430
  BP pipeline in Alaska sprung another leak on SundayThe pipeline delivers more than 30,000 barrel per day at Lisburne field at Prudhoe Bay, which has a total production of 400,000 bpd. Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Alaska Denali Fault trace passes beneath the pipeline (Dated November 2002). Photo: USGS. “We are ...
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• BP Starts Alaskan Oil Spill Cleanup, May Take Weeks

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Joshua Schneyer and Yereth Rosen, PlanetArk 2 Dec 09;NEW YORK/ANCHORAGE - BP Plc on Tuesday began cleaning up an oil spill from a leaky Alaskan pipeline, but said it has not determined what caused the leak or how much material spilled onto the snow-covered tundra.The leak is the latest setback for the British oil ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Bildungblog — Authority: 449
  "Sir, theres somebody here to see you who says he remembers the Exxon Valdez oil spill."
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• Jim Lynn Talks about Oil Gone Easy Products on Meet the Planet

  
  PR Friend Press Releases — Authority: 158
  Jim Lynn, the inventor of Oil Gone Easy products, appeared as a guest on Meet the Planet, an environmental multi-media show that strives to create awareness among people to come up with positive and educated solutions to deal with challenging situations in the world today.On this show, Jim Lynn talks about the ...
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• Will the Real Mad Men Please Step Forward

  
  Improve Your Home and Garden — Authority: 118
  Stretching a dollar has an alternative meaning for Joey Green, aka The Pantry Professor. Most of us suffer from “functional fixedness,” the unconscious  condition of thinking Kool-Aid is for drinking. But Joey knows you can fix a broken dishwasher with it!You may look at a can of Spam and ask, “Why?” Joey ...
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• Indonesian fishermen to sue over Timor oil spill

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Stephanie March for The World TodayABC News 24 Nov 09;Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation from the Federal Government and a Thai operator after the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea.At least 500 million litres of oil from the Montara oil field spilled into the Timor Sea over 10 weeks ...
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• Indonesian team set up to calculate losses by Timor Sea oil spill pollution

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Antara 22 Nov 09;Kupang (ANTARA News) - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has set up a national team to calculate the material losses Indonesia has suffered from pollution in the Timor Sea by an explosion at the Montara oil field, a source here said."The minister has already set up a national team to calculate the ...
  1 week ago

• Transcript of Skytruth’s John Amos to Senate on Offshore Oil Drilling

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 477
  The following is our transcription of the November 19, 2009 testimony of John Amos of Skytruth, a non-profit environmental imaging organization, to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.After more than a decade analyzing satellite imagery in the commercial sector for oil and gas exploration, I founded ...
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• Nanotubes to soak up oil spills

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Chinese chemists have made sturdy nanotube sponges that can selectively absorb oil and volatile chemicals in preference to water. The sponges float on water and can absorb up almost 180 times their own weight in oil, giving them great potential for mopping up industrial spillages. We are very excited about the ...
  2 weeks ago

• East Timor wants compensation from Australia for oil spill fallout

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  ABC News 5 NOv 09;East Timor wants compensation from the Australian Government for any environmental damage caused by an oil leak from a rig in the Timor Sea.The Montara oil rig, which is 250 kilometres from East Timors coastline, was expelling 400 barrels of oil a day for two months until the leak was stopped earlier ...
  3 weeks ago

• Australian oil spill recovery plan could take 7 years

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Yahoo News 4 Nov 09;SYDNEY (AFP) – Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.As many as 28,000 barrels of oil have gushed into the Timor Sea off Western ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bunker Fuel: Recent Bay spill leads to renewed calls for bunker fuel ban

  
  Gary Bogue — Authority: 122
  National Response Corp. workers wipe gooey bunker fuel oil off shoreline rocks at Ballena Bay in Alameda, Calif. on Monday Nov. 2. (Laura A. Oda/Staff) In response to a bunker fuel spill in San Francisco Bay last Friday that resulted in a mile-long slick, Friends of the Earth renewed its call for a ban on the use ...
  4 weeks ago

• Huge Oil Spill Off Australia Reaches Indonesia, Affecting Fishermen

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  AFP, Jakarta Globe 2 Nov 09;A massive oil spill off northwest Australia has hit Indonesia, killing fish and destroying livelihoods in poor villages along the Timor Sea, a non-governmental group said Monday.About 7,000 fishermen in East Nusa Tenggara province have been affected by the spill from the Thai-operated West ...
  4 weeks ago

• Yet Another Oil Spill

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 514
  Regardless of the facts, promoters of expanded offshore drilling along the coasts of the United States keep on claiming that oil spills almost never happen. They’re counting on people not doing their own research into the matter. They’re counting on their claims being taken on faith. Take a quick look at ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ten-week-old Oil Leak Catches Fire

  
  A Long Tough Blog — Authority: 125
  In the Timor Sea off northwest Australia. More from Geology.com. Images of the oil from Earth Observatory.
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• Leaking oil rig catches fire in Timor Sea

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Blaze breaks out on West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform as workers attempt to stop leak with heavy mud
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• Fire delays bid to stop Timor Sea oil leak

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Blaze breaks out as workers attempt to plug leak with heavy mud to stop oil slick which is threatening marine wildlife A massive fire has broken out on an Austalian oil rig and delayed plans to plug the leak that has been spilling oil into the Timor Sea since August. The blaze started on Sunday when workers began ...
  4 weeks ago

• Oil Gone Easy S-200 Used To Clear Oil Spills in the Snowy Mountains

  
  PR Friend Press Releases — Authority: 158
  Oil Gone Easy Home & Driveway S-200 is an eco-friendly product that can be used to clean up oil stains from any surface, like concrete, asphalt, flag stone, brick, pavers, cobblestone, and soil. Recently, Oil Gone Easy completed a project to clean up oil spills at the snowy mountains, Australia. The project was ...
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• Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Reuters 1 Nov 09;SYDNEY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - An oil rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said.The West Atlas rig operated by PTTEP Australasia, a unit of PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) PTTE.BK, started leaking ...
  4 weeks ago

• Australian oil spill putting animals at risk

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 455
  Amy Coopes Yahoo News 31 Oct 09;SYDNEY (AFP) – A massive oil leak off Australias northwest coast poses an "immediate risk" to dozens of marine species, with untold numbers possibly dying and sinking to the Timor Sea floor, a report has said.Biologist James Watson was commissioned to carry out a government survey of ...
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