The damaged 1,000-foot Italian cruise ship, which hit a rock off the coast of Tuscany and overturned, putting more than 4,200 passengers at risk, is considered a great threat for the environment at this point in time, since 198 drums of hazardous substances have ended up in the sea.
Italian Environment Minister has... |
17 January 2012
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Canadian and American scientists agree upon the fact that a proposed route for a bitumen pipeline implies unacceptable environmental risks. In their opinion, this structure could trigger irreparable damages to the entire area and its inhabitants.
In a recent report experts suggest the Enbridge Inc.'s worth $5.... |
30 November 2011
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The oil spill wipes out life on its way; the tidal areas are depleted of life. A large array of sea species, from marine mammals (cetaceans, seals, otters) to sea birds, turtles, fish, crustaceans, and mollusks lose their habitat. The petroleum attacks directly the animals and plants, both physically and chemically. ... |
12 December 2007
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The Black Sea is already considered one of the most polluted seas in the world. In the last 40 years it turned into a sort of depository for half of Europe, a place for depositing huge amounts of phosphorus compounds, mercury, DDT, oil and other toxic wastes coming from the 160 million people inhabiting its shores. T... |
16 November 2007
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That was the greatest ecological disaster on the sea: in 1978 the tanker "Amoco-Cadiz" contaminated with 280,000 tonnes of crude oil the coasts off Bretagne (Western France). More "famous" is the ecological catastrophe produced by Exon Valdez in 1989 on Alaska's shores. During the 1991 Gulf War, about one millio... |
30 August 2007
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