Volunteers cleaning Black Sea oil spill ask Putin for help

‘Ordinary people with shovels’: Volunteers cleaning Black Sea oil spill ask Putin for help
Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.
Black Sea oil spill volunteers in Russia ask Putin to send urgent help
Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia's Black Sea coast appealed in a video released on Monday for President Vladimir Putin to urgently send federal aid, saying that they and local authorities were overwhelmed.
Bastrykin Orders Criminal Investigation Into Black Sea Oil Spill Cleanup
Russia’s top investigator Alexander Bastrykin has ordered law enforcement authorities to launch a criminal investigation into alleged “failures” in addressing the cleanup of a major oil spill along the Black Sea coast in southern Russia.
Dolphins dying in Black Sea amid oil spill from wrecked tankers
Dolphins are dying in the Black Sea due to oil spilled after two tankers were wrecked in stormy weather earlier this month, according to a report citing an environmental expert. Eleven dead dolphins were found in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar,
Black Sea oil spill worsens as third Russian tanker sends distress call
Spilled oil has washed up along "tens of kilometres" of the Russian Black Sea coast after two tankers were badly damaged in a storm at the weekend, a regional official said on Tuesday, and state media said a third ship was now in trouble.
Black Sea oil spill contaminates up to 200,000 tons of soil, Russia says
ALBAWABA - Russia's minister of natural resources said Monday that the Black Sea shoreline has been severely harmed by a disastrous oil leak in the Kerc
Volunteers clean coastline after major oil spill in Black Sea
Hundreds of volunteers and emergency workers continued to clean the coastline of Russia’s southern Krasnodar region Wednesday after two Russian ships spilled around 3,700 tons (3,300 tonnes) of low-grade fuel oil into the Kerch Strait.
'Oil is everywhere': Russians tackle Black Sea spill
An oil spill from damaged tankers has contaminated a long stretch of sandy beaches along the Russian Black Sea shoreline, polluting the air and threatening wildlife in one of the worst ecological disasters to hit the region in years.
How conflict makes oil spills in the Black Sea so much more toxic
The thick oil slick on the water’s surface endangers the growth and development of marine life, both at sea and along the coastline. For example, oil sticks to a bird’s feathers, causing them to mat and separate, impairing the waterproofing of the feathers.
Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beaches
Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometres of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm.It said they had collected about 80 tonnes of oil and cleaned up more than eight kilometres (five miles) of beach.
‘Left to Fend for Themselves’: Volunteers Step Up as Russian Government Falters in Black Sea Oil Spill Response
A major environmental disaster is unfolding along southern Russia’s Black Sea coast after a storm damaged two oil tankers last weekend, spilling thousands of tons of heavy fuel that has now washed ashore.
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Volunteers Battle Black Sea Oil Spill
Volunteers struggled on Friday to shovel up tons of sticky oil from Russia's Black Sea coastline following what President Vladimir Putin has called an ecological disaster. The oil spilled from ...
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Russian spill sparks call for fully implementing IMO’s Arctic fuel oil ban
Sian Prior, the lead advisor for the Clean Arctic Alliance, repeated its call for an immediate prohibition on carrying the ...
Environmental disaster in the Black Sea
Russian regional authorities reported on Tuesday that around 35km of coastline had been contaminated by oil after two ships ...