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The Solomon Islands government and landowners impacted by a disastrous oil spill in 2019 are expected to file civil lawsuits demanding compensation of up to $60 million.
With its geography, Dinagat Islands is vulnerable to disasters, including an incident on oil spill, calling DRRM and key government agencies in the province to tighten their preparedness and bolster ...
The oil spill, which affected beaches along the island resort of Sentosa and other parts of Singapore’s southern shoreline, sparked a multi-day cleanup operation.
An area estimated to be as large as 1,000 football fields has been covered in oil so far. While clean-up methods are underway, big spills are difficult to contain.
Meanwhile, the oil spill in Mindoro has become the country’s biggest disaster of the year. As of March 19, it had displaced 32,661 families, most of whom are fisherfolk living in coastal ...
In 1926, my grandfather, a fisherman by trade, began ferrying locals and tourists out to the Gulf Islands National Seashore on a converted wood oyster schooner. Nearly 100 years later, using my ...
New Zealand joined an international effort Friday to limit damage from oil spilling out of a ship that ran aground near World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands almost a month ago.
State and local officials responded to an oil spill at the Talladega Municipal Airport Thursday and Friday, according to city public information officer Mary Sood.
Emergency teams in the Galapagos Islands were working to contain a 600-gallon oil spill after a cargo vessel overturned while being loaded with containers early Sunday, local officials said on ...
The ship at the centre of an environmental disaster near World-Heritage listed waters in the Solomon Islands was refloated Saturday after being stranded on a coral reef for more than three months.
The Solomon Islands government and landowners impacted by a disastrous oil spill in 2019 are expected to file civil lawsuits demanding compensation of up to $60 million.