oil spill

I recently came across a new website featuring a product called GLENSOL, which is short for Global Envirokleen Solution.

Not only does it seem like they have created a oil remediation additive that works, but it's enviromentally friedly too. The byproducts of this remediation process are all natural which can be re-used or released into the environment with zero pollutants.

The part I enjoyed the most was the video about the oil remediation process, even though it took a little while to get going.

I can't believe the US Supreme Court let off Exxon so easily! The company makes over $1 billion a day and yet the court's decision shows that "non-economic" sea life has little value and will not be compensated. This is crazy!

It’s a long road to really creating an eco friendly world, but we are making positive steps forward. Very often these little steps are made by individuals, cities, and mayors that are not waiting on national legislature. There is allot of debate to why national governments are taking their time, one of which is the involvement and persuasion of the oil industry. Today, a very inspirational story came to my attention that has been going on for years that surrounds those big bad oil companies.

Governor Palin and Attorney General Gansler join victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill  before oral arguments are scheduled to begin before the Supreme Court in the Fishermen and Native Subsistence lawsuit, Baker vs. Exxon. The suit, a class action composed of 32,677 commercial fishermen, related individuals and businesses, private landowners, Native Alaskans, municipalities, and other claimants from across the country affected by the spill.

U.S. Coast Guard pollution investigators were trying to determine the source of a miles-long strip of oil that washed up on San Mateo County beaches Monday.

In light of the recent spill in San Francisco Bay, this hearing examines the oil spill threats, risks, and vulnerabilities posed by large non-tank vessels.

Environmentalists say effects from an oil spill off the South Korean coast could last for years. Thousands of gallons of crude oil are washing ashore, coating oyster beds and devastating the region’s aqautic industries.

housands of people used shovels and buckets Sunday to clean up a devastating oil spill at a scenic beach in South Korea's western coast, some battling headaches and nausea from the stench.

Governor Schwarzenegger and state officials have lifed a fishing ban in San Francisco Bay imposed after a massive oil spill November 7th. Manuel Ramos reports.

Officials say 30% of the oil spilled in the San Francisco bay has been recovered. Report on how they came up with that figure and how accurate it is.

An environmental report by state and federal officials says there’s a ’slight chance’ that oil spilled into the San Francisco Bay earlier this month could reach a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles away.

Authorities released transcripts between the bar pilot and the Coast Guard in the moments leading up to the crash that caused last week’s oil spill.

Volunteers are still trying to contain the massive oil spill in the Bay Area before it kills more wildlife.

On November 7th, 58,000 gallons of bunker oil spilled into the San Francisco Bay killing and injuring hundreds of birds and other sea life. Here is The Daily Green’s gallery of images from the aftermath.

Even though 30 beaches have been closed, some oil infested areas such as Richmond were neglected by cleanup crews. Help arrived Wednesday night.