With toxic chemicals still used across industries, their effects on aquatic life are equally widespread. It then leads to pressure on food systems, as declining fish fail to meet the demand of a growing population. Toxic spills cause concern when the effects on fish become large-scale. What’s happening? The New York Times reported that a […]
FAIRHAVEN — A multi-agency local, state and federal investigation is underway after responding parties removed spilled oil and a number of lost or abandoned 55-gallon drums found off Little Bay Marsh in Fairhaven on Tuesday. According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Public Affairs Director Edmund Coletta, a MassDEP Emergency Response Unit responded to […]
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Firefighters say a vehicle fire on US-131 in Plainfield Township Saturday evening caused a gas and oil spill. It happened on southbound US-131 between Post Drive and Pine Island Drive, according to the Plainfield Township Fire Department. A photo provided by the Plainfield Township Fire Department from the scene of […]
FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A crash on I-66 in Fauquier County on Friday caused thousands of pounds of peas to spill out onto the westbound lanes. Virginia State Police (VSP) said the single-vehicle crash happened at 8:10 a.m. on I-66 at the 24-mile marker. An International tractor-trailer was traveling west when a […]
BALDWIN, La. (KLFY) — Motorists on eastbound US-90 near Baldwin are being detoured around a wreck that has spilled diesel fuel on the roadway, authorities said. Officials said all eastbound lanes of US-90 are closed following a crash involving an 18-wheeler that hit an object in the roadway. The crash has caused diesel fuel to […]
A barge has collided into a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil and closing the lone road to a nearby island. Images from the incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning, show a damaged column from the bridge, partly collapsed onto the barge. The barge was carrying a base petroleum product, a type of petroleum oil, […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The bridge that leads to Pelican Island, north […]
More than 60 Iowans have signed a letter to the state’s environmental chief asking her to investigate a massive nitrogen fertilizer spill in March that killed about 750,000 fish for 50 miles along the Nishnabotna and East Nishnabotna rivers. “We formally request you investigate this incident of water pollution to determine the cause and identify […]
May 2—MEDORA, N.D. — A pipeline leak reported by Cobra Oil and Gas on Sunday has released approximately 420 gallons of oil, or about 10 barrels, into the environment approximately seven miles southwest of Medora. According to the Minnesota Rural Water Association, the spill impacted the local ecosystem, including an unspecified tributary of Garner Creek […]
The Kenyan government has ordered people living near 178 dams and reservoirs to evacuate as heavy rains continue. The interior ministry warned that the water bodies “have filled up or are nearly filled up and may spill over any time, posing a high risk to persons living in their neighbourhood”. It gave residents living near […]
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. These […]
LAKE WORTH BEACH — A sewage leak in and around Lake Worth Beach was finally stopped Saturday morning after millions of gallons of wastewater entered canals and waterways over the course of five days. The leak began Tuesday night after a contractor working with AT&T hit the sewer line near Florida Mango Road between Waterside […]