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Marine Pollution Control Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Detroit’s Marine Pollution Control (MPC), a prominent environmental services company, was started by accident - literally. In August, 1967, long before oil spills had become much of a concern, the...

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Video: Tropical Storm Sinks Freighter Off Hong Kong

[Brief] Hong Kong has seen more than its fair share of storms over the course of the past week: last Wednesday, Typhoon Hato arrived at the busy port, toppling stacks of containers, sinking or capsizi...

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Wells Release More Methane Than Previously Thought

Boreholes in the North Sea could constitute a significantly more important source of the greenhouse gase methane than previously thought, according to a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for...

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Seafarers' Centers Closed as Harvey Soaks Gulf Coast

Seafarers know the incredible power of water. Their whole lives are spent mindful of safety precautions against water’s destructive potential, especially during storms at sea. We know this on land, to...

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Chemical Reaction Aboard MV Cheshire Finally Finished

On Sunday, the last of the ammonium nitrate fertilizer aboard the bulk carrier Cheshire finished decomposing and the plumes of smoke from her holds came to a stop, according to an update from her owne...

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Harvey Shutters Texas Refineries and Ports

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter the Houston and Corpus Christi area, with significant effects on the oil and gas industry. Roughly one million barrels per day of refinery capacity is offline...

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Dispersants Improved Air Quality During Deepwater Horizon Disaster

In the heat of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, U.S. government and industry responders had to make a crucial decision. They were facing an enormous oil spill, gushing uncontrollably from a wellhe...

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Mysterious Mist Sends Beachgoers to the Hospital

On Sunday, a mysterious chemical mist swept onto Beachy Head, East Sussex, sending 150 people to the hospital with sore throats, burning eyes, nausea and breathing trouble.  The medical complaints...

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Houston: Streets Turned Into Rivers

Streets have turned into rivers in Houston, Texas, and over 1,000 people have been rescued, as emergency service crews race to pull people from cars and homes. At least two people have died. Up to...

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El Faro: NTSB Releases Human Factors Report

The National Transportation Safety Board released a Human Performance Factual Report earlier this month as part of its investigation into the sinking of the El Faro, citing leadership, training and wo...