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02/24/2018 / By David Williams

Severe “ecological injury” has already been caused by the Sanchi oil spill, which is now threatening reefs, protected marine areas and the fishing industry

Remember the Sanchi oil spill? It has barely been a couple of months since that terrible accident happened, and yet it seems like most people have already began forgetting about it. Sanchi is an oil tanker that recently sank in the East China Sea, causing what some experts are now claiming to be almost irreparable […]

07/14/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Remember the BP Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe? The oil was eaten up by ocean microbes (because Mother Nature heals itself)

When the oil drilling rig, known as Deepwater Horizon, that was operating off the Gulf of Mexico around 40 miles from the Louisiana coast suddenly exploded and sank in April 2010, 11 people died and oil began to spill into the ocean a mile blow its surface. In just three months, the BP Deepwater Horizon […]

12/30/2015 / By Tara Paras

Gold King Mine spill scandal: EPA hid important information from public to disclaim liability

News has surfaced stating that Missouri-based Environmental Restoration LLC, the company responsible for the spill of millions of gallons of waste into Cement Creek, was required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sign a non-disclosure agreement, or a “secrecy agreement” that kept citizens in the dark as contaminated water flowed through the Animas River. “The statement […]

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