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    Oil spills can happen anywhere and anytime. You don’t really hear about them when they happen, because some people don’t think they’re a big deal. They can be prevented if oil companies didn’t use old pipes that’s been there for years. The state of Peru has brought in this oil company called Petroperu. When they were brought in they told the Indigenous people “with oil, you and Peru will grow.” Since then the Oil company has spilled tons of crude oil in the Amazon river contaminating communities

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    Introduction Oil spills are a major form of pollution, they are a result of human negligence, natural disasters, or defects in pipelines. Oil spills deposit crude oil, which is composed mainly of hydrocarbons, or distilled products such as gasoline, kerosene, or diesel fuels into different environments. There are four main types of crude oil spills that affect environments differently; Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D. If exposed, to Class A, Class B , or Class C, humans may experience toxic

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    Bp Oil Spill

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    BP Oil Spill Chait, J, (2010). Dear Leader. New Republic, 241(10), 2-2. Retrieve June 21, 2010, from Academic Search Premier. This article discusses the present oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president’s has not changed the Minerals Management Service. In reality, the federal government has no agency tasked with capping undersea oil leaks. All the necessary equipment, along with the expertise for operating it, resides with the private sector. BP will likely bear the full cost of the spill;

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    Bp Oil Spill Disaster

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    BP Oil Spill Public Relations Response Introduction BP Oil Spill which is also known as Gulf of Mexico and Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the largest marine oil spill throughout the history which was caused by an explosion on offshore oil platform namely Deepwater Horizon on 20th April, 2010 located at the Mississippi River delta. British Petroleum (BP) was the principal developer of Macondo Prospects oil field where the accident held. The accident occurred when they were closing the oil well

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    U.S. is oil spills, they have been spilled into the oceans are being very harmful to water life plants and animals. In addition birds and other air breathing mammals also get poisoned, as they go to bathe themselves sit in the oil and that poison them. Oil is one of the most used natural resource that people use, and oil is used by a lot of the population of the world. Oil is a fossilization made up from plants and animals very many years ago, it takes many years for oil to be formed, oil can be located

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    Bioremediation Methods for Oil Spills Contents I. Introduction II. History of Bioremediation 1. ‘Courtship’ Period (Pre-1989) 2. ‘Honeymoon’ Period (1989-1991) 3. ‘Establishment’ Period (since 1992) III. The Biological and Chemical Processes of Bioremediation 1. Biodegradation a. Biological Process b. Degrading Species c. Chemical Process d. Need for Bioremediation 2. Bioremediation a. Seeding with Microbial Cultures b. Environmental Modification

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    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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    Considering the Legal Requirements The Exxon Valdez oil spill that took place on March 24, 1989, was responsible for an enormous amount of damage to the natural environment of Alaska. Animal life and plant life alike, were severely harmed from this disastrous spill. Being such a high-risk company, one would assume that the legal requirements surrounding the company policy were prioritized. Due to the scope of the disaster though, one may wonder just how strict the requirements were that governed

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    BP Oil Spill

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    THe tragic oil spill involving the BP/Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon has caused enormous and unwarranted damages in the Gulf of Mexico, and on life; thousands, if not millions, of people, organizations, and animals face ruination. My thoughts are that, there is no doubt that BP is accountable not just for its disregard of safety measures that could have kept the spill from happening, additionally for the inept, shrouded, coercive, and belligerent manner in which it handled the spill's

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    Penguins And Oil Spills

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    penguins died in the past 10 year from oil spills ? 2.5 million penguins have died from oil spills in the last 10 years.¨ the sea bird chronicle¨ and ¨the amazing penguin rescue have many similarities and differences such as conflict and how the setting creates a mood. One similarity between .¨ the sea bird chronicle¨ and ¨the amazing penguin rescue´´ is the conflict. Both stories conflict is character vs nature because in the amazing penguin rescue a boat spills oil in the ocean and almost killed all

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    Bp Oil Spill

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    Geography 29 February 2012 BP Oil Spill Oil rigs provide the world with the fuel that is needed to keep it running. However, it is common knowledge that they may potentially cause harm to not only living creatures but also the environment they rely on to survive. This was proven in the spring of 2010 when an oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico exploded and resulted in an oil spill. This catastrophic event opened millions of eyes to the errors that can be found in the way oil rigs are set up. It also caused

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