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Arctic governments and industry still unprepared for oil spills 20 years after Exxon Valdez
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated a vast stretch of the Alaskan coast, governments and industry in the Arctic would be unable to effectively manage a large oil spill, according to a new report by World ...
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Exxon Valdez oil spill still being studied
May 16, 2006 |
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Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, scientists say the oil spill might have been worse than thought.
Bioavailable contaminants come from the Exxon Valdez oil catastrophe
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe. This clearly disproves the theory that natural coal ...
Impacts of fossil fuels on fish and people
Feb 16, 2008 |
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NOAA scientist John Incardona will tell a scientific detective story that uncovers a previously unrecognized threat to human health from a ubiquitous class of air pollutants.Incardona's presentation delves into how one type ...
Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Some 18 years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, the oil continues to cause environmental problems along some of Alaska's shoreline. To ...
Big Alaskan oil spill initially undetected
Mar 15, 2006 |
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A 267,000-gallon oil spill, the largest on Alaska's North Slope, reportedly went undetected for up to five days before it was discovered this month.
Tanker spills oil in San Francisco Bay
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A ruptured fuel line on a Panamanian-registered tanker released oil into San Francisco Bay before dawn on Friday, authorities said.
Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...
Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
'Frozen smoke:' The ultimate sponge for cleaning up oil spills
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively ...
Exxon upgrades lithium car batteries
Nov 29, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers say they've developed a plastic film that will make it easier for automakers to use lithium-ion batteries in electric cars and trucks.
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