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OIL SPILL CRISES IN LIVES OF WOMEN - Health, Work, Income, Food, Safe Water, Land,
Environment,
Rights, Nature & Wildlife,
Potential Infertility & Birth Deformities, Corporate Powers vs. Grassroots
Survival +
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THAILAND OIL SPILL - 2013
Cleanup workers on Koh Samet island,
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 1, 2013 (ENS) – Crude oil that spilled from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday has blackened the majority of coral reefs near Koh Samet island’s Ao Phrao Beach and has spread to smaller islands nearby, according to local officials. Around 50,000 liters (420 barrels) of crude oil spilled into the sea from a pipeline unloading an oil tanker around 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province and 230 km (140 miles) southeast of the Thai capital, Bangkok.
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Louisiana Oil Spill 2010 -
Gulf Of Mexico Disaster Unfolds
First
Posted: 06/01/10 - Updated: 05/25/11
On April 20, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and commencing months of oil leaking unrestrained into the ocean. Efforts to manage the spill with controlled burning, dispersants and plugging the leak were unsuccessful until BP capped the well in mid-July, temporarily halting the flow of oil into the Gulf. The well was then successfully plugged and declared "effectively dead" on September 19.
This oil spill has obtained the dubious distinction of being the worst oil spill in US history, surpassing the damage done by the Exxon Valdez tanker that spilled 11 million gallons of oil into the ecologically sensitive Prince William Sound in 1989. It is estimated that over 205 million gallons of oil were released into the Gulf......
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SHELL OIL ACCUSED OVER MISLEADING
FIGURES ON NIGERIA OIL SPILLS
25 January 2011 - Amnesty
International and Friends of the Earth International today filed an official
complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches of basic standards for
responsible business set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD).
The organisations claim that Shell’s use of discredited and misleading
information to blame the majority of oil pollution on saboteurs in its Niger
Delta operations has breached the OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises. The complaint was filed with UK and Netherlands government contact
points for the OECD.
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ISIS International - Women in Action
Publication
Women in a Weary World - Climate
Change & Women in the Global South
Direct Link to Full 8-Page Article:
When
Blessing Becomes a Curse in the Niger Delta
by Betty Abah
