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Environment News tagged with disaster

Oil Rig Spilling 400 Barrels a Day
Environment  (tags: environment, oil spill, disaster, destruction, Australia, pollution, nature, wildlife, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 72 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
THE oil leaking from a stricken rig off Western Australia has emerged as the nation's third-biggest spill after the company responsible for the disaster admitted up to 400 barrels a day had flowed into the sea for more than three weeks.
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Sign Petition: Don't Forget Hurricane Katrina
Environment  (tags: Hurricane, Katrina, New, Orleans, americans, nature, disaster, environment, destruction, climate, humans, protection, society, government, politics )

Tom
- 99 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
New Orleans has come a long way in four years. Hurricane Katrina's anniversary celebrates the rebuilding that's already happened, but it is also a time to honor the lives lost to Katrina and to remind the rest of America the work here is far from done.
22 comments
Police: 400 Missing In Taiwan Mudslide -
Environment  (tags: suffering, mudslide, typhoon, death, Taiwan, disaster, China )

Raffi
- 107 days ago - justnews.com
A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for Monday, and military rescue helicopters unable to land because of the slippery ground dropped food to desperate survivors.
14 comments
ON THIS DAY - 1989: Exxon Valdez Creates Oil Slick Disaster
Environment  (tags: on this day, exxon valdez, oil tanker, spill, polution, alaaska, crude oil, oil, prince william sound, disaster )

Chrissy
- 246 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An oil tanker has run aground on a reef off the Alaskan coast, releasing gallons of crude oil into the sea. The Exxon Valdez got into trouble in Prince William Sound when it hit Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing oil, with reports of an eig
4 comments
37 Miles of Australian Beaches Declared Disaster Zone Due to Oil Spill
Environment  (tags: Australian beaches, oil spill, disaster, environment, pollution, destruction, habitat, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, wildlife, animals, nature )

Cher
- 255 days ago - planetsave.com
Some of Australia's most popular white sand beaches were declared a disaster zone today after an 11,000 gallon fuel oil spill from the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer.
6 comments
CHILE: ANTARCTIC DIESEL SLICK THREATENS PENGUINS AND OTHER WILDLIFE
Environment  (tags: antarctic disel spill, penguins, wildlife, destruction, disaster, threatened wildlife )

Simone
- 723 days ago - tcgnews.com
One week after the ill-fated cruise ship M/S Explorer struck an iceberg and subsequently sank in the frigid waters of the Antarctic Ocean, the accident continues to pose a major environmental threat to the pristine region's fragile ecosystem. A team
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