oil spills
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Spills From Fracking Are Worse Than We Imagined
An alarming new study has identified 6600 chemical spills related to hydraulic fracturing in just four US states over a 10 year period. The finding shows that fracking is far messier than previously assumed, and that stricter safety measures need to be established and enforced.
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BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs
Al Jazeera just published an astonishing report on the after-effects of the BP oil disaster, and it’s not pretty. There are an alarming number of deformities in sea creatures: mutated shrimp, fish with sores and lesions, eyeless crabs and more. It’s unlike anything local fisherman have ever seen.
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Gulf Spill Round Up
One year on, we take a look at the technologies used to combat the worst oil spill in US history.
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BP CEO Thinks Last Year Was Almost The Company’s Best
Ah man, don’t you hate those days where everything goes totally right except for when you, I dunno, step in a puddle? BP CEO Bob Dudley feels like that about BP in 2010, except his “puddle” was an environmental armageddon.