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Shell tries to contain skepticism in Arctic
June 25, 2012
VALDEZ, Alaska - Against the backdrop of Alaska's snow-topped Chugach Mountains and in the same waters that were spoiled by the Exxon Valdez oil spill more than two decades ago, Shell Oil Co. has been training recruits in skills it hopes they never have to use.
The company has put scores of people through oil spill response training in the Valdez port, ahead of expected drilling in Arctic waters north of Alaska. If regulators approve the plans, Shell anticipates drilling up to five wells in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas this summer.
Plastics pollution study will be conducted on Great Lakes
June 22, 2013
While much talk and discussion centers on plastic waste in the Pacific gyre, a new study will be conducted this summer on the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie.
This study will assess for the first time the potential effect plastic pollution has on these bodies of water. It's expected to provide data regarding the levels of discarded plastics from trash to tiny particles found in the lakes, as well as examine their impact on food supplies, according to an article on Cleveland.com.
Lake Erie is widely reported as having a high concentration of plastic pollution especially because water from Huron, Michigan, and Superior flow into it. At the same time, some marine scientists have said since Lake Erie is shallow, water flows through it at a fast rate so pollution may actually be minimized
Kalamazoo River oil spill clean-up announcement Thursday
June 19, 2012
Federal, state, and local officials say they’ll have something to say about the status of the Kalamazoo River oil spill clean-up Thursday morning.
Representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Calhoun County Public Health Department, the Michigan departments of Environmental Quality and Community Health, and Kalamazoo County officials are among those who’ll brief reporters on the issue. The event will also include officials from Enbridge Energy, the Canadian company that owns the oil pipeline that ruptured in the summer of 2010, spilling at least 800,000 gallons of crude oil into the river.
Spate of oil spills pushes Alberta to look harder at pipeline safety
As crews work to mop up more than a million litres of oil that has spilled in Alberta in a month, Premier Alison Redford is steering the province toward a safety review of its 377,000 kilometres of pipeline.
Ms. Redford has charged her ministers of energy and environment to investigate whether a larger provincial response to the spills is merited. The leaks have come at an alarming pace in recent months, while the government is attempting to persuade its neighbours across Canada and the United States to accept pipelines carrying Alberta crude.
The Premier’s statement on Wednesday, two days after 230,000 litres leaked from an Enbridge pipeline system, that she is “certainly not opposed to the idea” of a more comprehensive review, is her strongest support yet for the notion.
Bill to Bring Oil Spill Response into 21st Century, Oil Spill Research and Technology Act of 2012
June 19, 2012
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has introduced legislation to jumpstart research and development into new oil spill response technology, bringing oil spill response into the 21st century. Her bill - the Oil Spill Research and Technology Act of 2012 (S. 3298) - would create grants to support the research and development of new technologies to better contain and clean up all types of oil spills. In addition, the bill requires the United States Coast Guard to establish a program to evaluate and implement 'best available technology' to effectively respond to and clean up oil spills.