Oil Spill of The Century
In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker loaded with 220,000 tons of petrol, ran aground in Brittany, France. The accident caused the biggest oil spill France has ever known and is still today known as one of the 20th cen
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In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker loaded with 220,000 tons of petrol, ran aground in Brittany, France. The accident caused the biggest oil spill France has ever known and is still today known as one of the 20th cen
In an alternate timeline Arizona State alumni William “Billy” Coltran was the president of the USA. Billy addresses the nation regarding a serious oil spill.
It's the largest oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico since 1979, which becomes one of America 's biggest environmental disasters. Even though experts tried to stop the leak, the explosion of Deepwater Horizon tore the oil ri
Stephen Fry loves Louisiana. Four months after the BP oil spill, dubbed the worst ecological disaster in the history of America, Fry returns to the Deep South together with zoologist Mark Carwardine, to see what the impa
Shell has been active in Nigeria for decades and this activity has caused enormous environmental damage in Nigeria. Shell's actions in Nigeria have led to resistance for many years, including among the local population,
The Deepwater Horizon was known as one of the safest drilling rigs but events involving an exploration well 5,600 metres underwater led to an explosion.
Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the 10th anniversary of the disaster approaches, an international team of scientists — which has spent nearly that long studying the environmental
The Exxon Valdez disaster left far more than a soiled coastline in its wake. Grief, suspicion, anger and greed oozed through the small, formerly pristine town of Valdez. The human toll of an environmental nightmare is ev
In an alternate timeline Arizona State alumni William “Billy” Coltran was the president of the USA. Billy seems to have lost something...