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New report details wide-ranging safety concerns at Valdez Marine Terminal

A new report describes “aging and obsolete” equipment, decreased oversight, and a workplace culture of retaliation, turnover and mismanagement. ....

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On Eleventh Memorial of BP Deepwater Horizon, Lawsuit Advances that Challenges Use of Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spill Response :: Earth Island Institute

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Berkeley, California (April 20, 2021) Environmental groups, a Native Alaskan health aide, and a Gulf Coast commercial fisher today filed a consequential brief in a lawsuit seeking to update regulations on the use of toxic chemicals in oil spill response. The plaintiffs’ filing asks the court to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to update its 25-year-old plan for oil spill response, which relies heavily on the use of toxic chemicals to disperse spilled oil. Today’s filing occurs on the date on which, 11 years ago, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster took place in the Gulf of Mexico. That spill resulted in the use of nearly two million gallons of chemical dispersants chemicals that sickened first responders and coastal residents, many of whom remain seriously ill to this day. ....

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No oil spilled in Alaska after tugboat strikes tanker ship

No oil spilled in Alaska after tugboat strikes tanker ship
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska No oil was spilled when a tugboat hit a docked tanker ship and gashed its hull in southcentral Alaska last week, officials said.
The tugboat struck the Polar Endeavor oil tanker at the Valdez Marine Terminal Jan. 11, the Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the collision that injured one crew member of the tugboat named Courageous.
The collision happened as the tugboat approached the Polar Endeavour, which was sationary at the dock after loading oil cargo, said Brooke Taylor of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council. ....

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