15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard’s spill . . . OPA 90 regulations created the Oil Spill Lability Trust fund and codified the “polluter pays” principle OPA 90 also required alcohol and drug abuse monitoring of licensed mariners and established legal penalties and a claims system for oil spill remediation Enforcement of OPA 90 and protection of U S territorial waters became a vital
Gulf of Oman oil spill: Greenpeace warns of environmental disaster Farah Al Hattab added: “Greenpeace MENA urges all concerned authorities to act swiftly to contain the spill and assess its ecological impact We call on shipping companies, governments, and oil industry actors to commit to full transparency regarding environmental consequences of oil spills and the measures being taken for cleanup
Greenpeace warns of potential environmental disaster as oil tankers . . . DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A collision between two oil tankers just east of the world’s most critical oil choke point, the Strait of Hormuz, could bring about a potential environmental disaster, Greenpeace said on Thursday The two giant tankers, ADALYNN and Front Eagle, crashed Tuesday in the Gulf of Oman and caught fire before the Emirati national guard intervened to evacuate
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana and Open Ocean Trustee . . . Under the authority of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA; 33 U S C 2701 et seq ), designated Federal and State trustees, acting on behalf of the public, assessed the injuries to natural resources and prepared the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact