Pollution accidentelle des eaux (+ déchets plastiques)

La préfecture des Yvelines a pris un arrêté autorisant Total a rouvrir, sous certaines conditions, le pipeline qui avait cédé en février dernier à Autouillet. Les associations de défense de l’environnement s’inquiètent.

La rivière de la Boivre s’est teintée de noire la semaine passée. En cause ? Un déversement d’eaux sales chargées de charbon actif par l’usine de traitement de l’eau de Bellejouanne, à l’ouest de Poitiers. Si le charbon actif est inoffensif pour l’homme, sa concentration dans les eaux de la Boivre a entraîné la mort de plusieurs poissons.

ST CROIX ISLAND, South Africa: Rangers in wet suits have been searching for oil-tarred penguins in shallow water around St Croix Island off the South African coast as a refuelling spill highlights conservationists' fears over pollution.

Probe launched after huge oil spill near PE
Eastern Cape / 8 July 2019, 07:58am / Staff reporter
Port Elizabeth - The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has launched a probe to look into why up to 400 litres of oil spilt into the ocean off Port Elizabeth on Saturday morning while a vessel was being refuelled.

The Environment Ministry announced Friday that it spotted crude oil spill pollution covering 1500 meters of the coastal area of Ras Ghareb, north of the Red Sea governorate, and declared a state of emergency with the Petroleum Ministry to determine the source of the spill.

This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last September, Jace Tunnell discovered a layer of tiny, round plastic pellets covering a beach on Padre Island off the southern coast of Texas. There were “millions of them,” he recalled, “and it went on for miles.” Tunnell, a marine biologist, […]

Crews in Charlevoix County have been cleaning up an oil spill on Walloon Lake this week. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and energy has been cleaning it up after homeowners on the lake noticed a strong smell and film on the water. The spill happened at a construction site. Demolition crews were working when they found a hal

A witness said there was a strong smell of diesel in the area

L'ONG Greenpeace a tiré la sonnette d'alarme mercredi sur la pollution des rivières par le microplastique,...

There’s increasing concern over a chemical spill into the Farmington River that happened earlier this month. An accident June 9 at Bradley Airport released

La Fête du parc n’aura pas lieu. La Ville de Crépy‐en‐Valois est
contrainte d’annuler cet évènement, en raison d’une pollution
chimique qui secoue le parc de Géresme, indiquent les services municipaux dans un communiqué. Des monticules de mousse se sont développés à l’endroit des petites cascades des rus des Taillandiers et de Bouillant.

Offshore Technology explores the effects of oil spills, from the environmental damage caused by spills to their impacts on local communities.

Lawyers in Taiwan launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the industrial conglomerate Formosa on Tuesday, on behalf of thousands o

Crews are beginning to clean up a massive oil spill that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a Kern County canyon, state authorities said.

En combinaison de plongée, des "rangers" s'affairent à sauver des manchots piégés dans une nappe de pétrole dans l'océan Indien, au large de

The Coast Guard reported that three vessels sunk on the Illinois River near Hardin, Illinois, Sunday, July 7. According to the coastguard's statement, the sinking boats were holding about 4,850 gallons of diesel and oil.

Authorities are monitoring an oil spill that happened while fuel was being transferred to a vessel in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

An estimated 5,000 tonnes of bauxite has spilled into Kangava Bay, where a tanker ran aground in February

The United States has charged a Greek cargo ship operator and two of its chief engineers with environmental crimes for allegedly failing to record the illegal dumping of oily waste into international waters ..."

Indonesian seaweed farmers were set to seek more than A$200 million ($137 million) from Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production in a trial starting on Monday, to cover damage they say they suffered after Australia's worst oil spill.

La cour d'appel de Bordeaux examinait jeudi l'affaire de la pollution aux hydrocarbures survenue en janvier 2007 au bec d'Ambès. Après la rupture d'un réservoir sur le site de la société SPBA, du pétrole s'était répandu sur la route et dans la Garonne.