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Regulations covering maritime transport of petroleum products should be improved to prevent oil spills given the extent of environmental damage that such incidents cause, Senator Win Gatchalian said on Tuesday. [...]

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered various government agencies to jointly assess the environmental impact of the oil spill after an oil tanker capsized early on the day [...]

The Environmental Evaluation and Supervision Agency (OEFA), an entity attached to the Ministry of the Environment, is carrying out a supervisory action in response to the crude oil spill that [...]

ALBAWABA: An important occurrence occurred in the Hazro region of Diyarbakır during road building when a Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) petroleum pipeline burst. Crude oil leaked from the rupture and [...]

Sustainable technology firm showcases revolutionary oil spill clean-up solutions at ADIPEC: US-based sustainable technology firm , Green Boom, has brought its revolutionary line of biodegradable oil absorbents to the Middle [...]

The Minister for the Environment Professor John Cortes met with NGOs, members of the Port Department, the Department of the Environment and representatives from private contractors who were involved in [...]

GEF Project ID 11056 Country Yemen Implementing Agencies United Nations Development Programme Approval FY 2023 Status Project Approved Region Europe and Central Asia Executing Agencies UNDP (Direct Implementation)UNDP GEF Period [...]

The local government of Banton and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took action to address the potential oil spill from the grounded MV Maria Helena in Banton Island. A team [...]

The Environmental Evaluation and Control Agency (OEFA), an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), within the framework of its functions, has been carrying out a supervision action [...]

Wildtrust, a South African non-profit organisation (NPO) focused on the conservation of the natural world, is spearheading a project titled 'Oil Spill Model for South Africa's Exclusive Economic Zone', which [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into Expedited Settlement Agreements with Hawaii Gas, Sunbelt Rentals, and Pacific Biodiesel Technologies for failing to comply with Spill Prevention, Control, and [...]

In the Loreto region, the National Water Authority (ANA), through the Local Water Administration (ALA) Iquitos, attended five new environmental complaints occurred, this time, in the Tigre basin, located in [...]

The Specialized Prosecutor's Office in Environmental Matters of the Fiscal District of Northwest Lima, participated in an orientation campaign for those affected by the oil spill, which occurred on January [...]

A Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Balik Scientist featured a foam technology to solve oil spills. The bio-based polyurethane foam labeled as CocoFlexSorb was presented to the public in [...]

The oil spill that occurred in the town of Saramuro, in the Loreto region, was inspected by the Special Prosecutor's Office for Environmental Matters (FEMA) of Nauta together with representatives [...]

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that responders, volunteers and other stakeholders have so far cleaned-up around 75.72 percent of the oil spill affected coastlines in barangays Semirara, Tinogboc and [...]

The depressurization of the oil pipeline of PJSC TATNEFT occurred in the village of Tikhonovka in Tatarstan. This was announced by the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova. Oil products got [...]

Our agenda at public hearing refers to the recent Oriental Mindoro oil spill incident. Sen. Francis Tolentino rendered on March 6, 2023 a privilege speech on the issue, while I [...]

Summary: COMPOSITE IMAGE: JEROME CRISTOBAL FROM INQUIRER STOCK, PCG AND Office of Cebu Rep. Luigi Quisumbing PHOTOS (Lastoftwoparts) MANILA, Philippines---Oil spills, often considered as 'environmental disasters,' cause [...]

The Environmental Evaluation and Control Agency (OEFA), an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment, has been carrying out the corresponding supervision actions in the face of the oil [...]

More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against energy giant Shell at the London High Court. it is the latest step in a [...]

The oil spill that occurred on January 18 last at kilometer 390 + 184 Section II of the North Peruvian Pipeline in the Amazonas region, has caused environmental damage to [...]

In an emphatic way, the Minister of the Environment, Albina Ruiz, said that from her sector the necessary actions will be carried out to demand that the Repsol company assume [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday reported it is helping to clean up after about 3,800 gallons of light crude oil was spilled into Corpus Christi Bay. The spill was [...]

Oil products that have fallen into the tributary of the Dniester River in the western regions of Ukraine will not reach the territory of Moldova. This was reported by the [...]

Moscow. Shell's Nigerian division will pay 15 million in compensation to three local communities affected by oil spills between 2004 and 2007. This is reported by the Anglo-Dutch energy company. [...]

The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), together with representatives of the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) and the Agency for Environmental Evaluation and Control (OEFA), met with the [...]

An enterprise in Yamal, after the intervention of the prosecutor's office, eliminated the consequences of an oil spill. Damage caused to the environment is fully compensated. The prosecutor's office of [...]

Officials of the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (OEFA) held a meeting with representatives of the native communities of the Chapra Nation in order to inform them of the [...]

The president of the Board of Directors of the OEFA, Jaime Puicn, participated in a meeting at the Ministry of the Environment together with the minister Wilbert Rozas, the deputy [...]

The temporary Multisectoral Commission created by the Executive, to monitor the actions taken or to be implemented due to the environmental damage caused by the Repsol oil spill, unanimously approved [...]

Miriam Alegra, general manager, and Katherine Melgar, director of Environmental Supervision in Energy and Mines; were presented today before the Energy and Mines Commission, and before the Andean Peoples Commission, [...]

The State Attorney General's Office - PGE, given the information spread in the media about the new oil spill at kilometer 55 of the Norperuano Pipeline, announced the request for [...]

After having ordered the opening of a preliminary investigation regarding the new oil spill that occurred last Friday in the Cuninico ravine and the main cause of the Maranon River, [...]

Efforts to prevent a major oil spill in the Red Sea have been boosted by a further 2 million announced by the Minister for the Middle East Amanda Milling. The [...]

Of the beautiful landscape of Chacra y Mar beach, in the district of Chancay, province of Huaral, only memories remain. Currently, the outlook remains bleak after the Repsol oil spill [...]

The Minister of the Environment, Modesto Montoya, and the President of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency (OEFA), Manuel Manrique, inspected the beaches of Chancayllo, [...]

A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through an oil pipeline during barrier island [...]

A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through an oil pipeline during barrier island [...]

In an emphatic tone, the Minister of the Environment, Modesto Montoya, supported the measure adopted by the Environmental Assessment and Control Agency (OEFA) against the Repsol company, which was mixing [...]

To strengthen collaboration and oil spill prevention and response offshore California, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement recently renewed an agreement with Californias Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office [...]

The Ministry of Home Affairs advises the public that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has organised with other local agencies a simulated oil spill exercise on Friday [...]

The Minister of the Environment, Ruben Ramrez, highlighted the intervention and deployment of the State, in the face of the environmental emergency after the oil spill in Ventanilla, on January [...]

The Peruvian Government will receive donations totaling US$450,000 from the Development Bank of Latin America-CAF (US$250,000) and the Inter-American Development Bank-IDB (US$200,000) to address the effects of the oil spill [...]

Scope : The objective of this action is to support the necessary activities to alleviate the emergency situation currently faced by the population living in the coastal areas severely affected [...]

As an 'environmental, social and humanitarian disaster' described the Minister of the Environment, Rubn Ramrez, the oil spill that occurred last weekend on the beach of Ventanilla and that has [...]

The Government has declared an environmental emergency, for a period of 90 business days, in the geographical area that includes the coastal marine zone damaged after the oil spill that [...]

In a nationwide campaign, Peruvian people have united in order to contain the oil spill. Beauty salons and barbers joined their hands and started a viral campaign to collect hair [...]

The President of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vsquez, reported that the Council of Ministers agreed to set up a Crisis Committee to respond in an articulated manner to the [...]