The oil gushing from the well where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank is now spreading through the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spills can kill wildlife, pollute the air and water, and alter the ecosystem for years to come. Many of us think of the Exxon Valdez oil spill as a par...
The disaster is said to be an outcome of nonstop logging and unregulated mining around and within the mountainside forest surrounding the valley. 8. British Petroleum Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico In April 20, 2010, there was an explosion and sinking of a deepwater horizon oil rig in the Gulf...
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Throughout history, the country’s most devastating man-made disasters have run the gamut – from oil spills in Alaska to train derailments in Texas to devastating fires in New York. The true costs of these disasters can be hard to measure, but one marker of a disaster’s impact...
The worst UK offshore helicopter disaster occurred in 1986 when a Chinook helicopter travelling from the Brent oilfield off the eastern coast of the Shetland Islands in the North Sea suffered a mechanical fault due to the two rotor blades colliding. The helicopter, which was two miles from its...
It’s not that there’s limited evidence that these firms will rig markets. These are the same firms that are serially charged and pay enormous fines for fraud and cartel-like behavior. Traders even refer to themselves as “The Cartel” and “The...
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At this point, the oil spill—the largest in U.S. history—does not appear to have ... BAUM,M Rudy - 《Chemical & Engineering News》 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 MORE ON GULF DISASTER WITH ALL THE MEDIA hype, most of it repetitive, the cover story on the BP oil spill in the Gulf ...
(CNN) -- On June 15, President Barack Obama described the Gulf oil spill in a prime-time address as "the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced." A government report released last week, however, said almost 75 percent of the oil that gushed from BP's ruptured well into the...