Oil Spills
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline, diesel) and their by-products, heavier fuels used by large ships such as bunker fuel, or the spill …
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World Bank Group · 9 April 2024 French
on waste management, such as water pollution, oil spills, dust in the air, and the improvement of the …
World Bank Group · 8 April 2024 French
facilities and rights-of-way as well as accidental oil spills; • Risks of electrocution, exposure to electromagnetic …
Amnesty International · 29 March 2024 English
Amnesty International welcomes the call by the UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes (Special Rapporteur …
mortality rate in the first five years of life.20 4. OIL SPILLS IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA In the Niger Delta … Delta, decades of gas flaring, waste dumping and oil spills from poorly maintained pipelines and wells, along … for the community.25 Research suggests that oil spills in the region have had an impact on maternal … Environment Programme, after decades of repeated oil spills in Ogoniland, it would take 30 years to reverse … Guardian, 'Absolutely shocking': Niger Delta oil spills linked with infant deaths’, 6 November 2017. …
World Bank Group · 29 March 2024 English
air quality (dust and pollutant gases), noise, oil spills and efficiency of water utilization. Assessment …
CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals · 28 March 2024 English
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 14.12/Annex CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SHARKS SINGLE SPECIES ACTION PLAN FOR THE ANGELSHARK (Squatina …
scale inshore fisheries. species Unlikely Rare / Oil spills Unknown 6 Bycatch mortality included the proportion …
World Bank Group · 27 March 2024 English
environmental concerns include the possibility of oil spills from transformers, which, despite spill prevention …
EU: European Union · 27 March 2024 English
environmental remediation solutions such as cleanup of oil spills, plastic pollution, or wastewater treatment. …
USAID: United States Agency for International Development · 22 March 2024 English
cyber and emerging technologies, climate and clean energy transition, multilateral diplomacy, economic statecraft, and global health); increase staffing for bureaus that work on mission critical issues, such as the Bureau …
microplastics) and environmental disasters (e.g., oil spills, harmful algal blooms, and invasive species) …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 20 March 2024 English
The IGSD Primer on Cutting Methane provides the scientific and policy rationale for decision- makers to achieve the “strong, rapid, and sustained” cuts to methane emissions needed to slow global …
“zero-tolerance” policies already in place for oil spills and safety incidents. “Let’s try to deploy that …
World Bank Group · 14 March 2024 English
environmental concerns include the possibility of oil spills from transformers, which, despite spill prevention …
