Tag: oil spill

“Instead of learning lessons from the BP disaster, President Trump is proposing to radically expand offshore drilling, while dismantling the few protections put in place as a result of the catastrophic blowout.”

Are we any closer to preventing a similar—or worse—catastrophe?

Nineteen years after Imperial dealt with the Arrow oil spill in Canada, the grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker released 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound.

"No oil in the water is acceptable for any of us who do this kind of work."

"These are home to some of the largest coastal colonies of marine mammals and birds anywhere."

Oil trains will continue to derail and cause large fires and spills.

"It was a leak of significant proportions, with an impact on the mangroves."

"The time to clean this up was 14 years ago. Taylor Energy has shown nothing but negligence all this time."

“Despite this new business model, Energy Transfer continues to display behavior that indicates a lack of significant changes with regards to the company’s approach to civilian opposition to its pipeline projects."

This is the second pipeline spill to impact an Indiana waterway within the past six months.