Orissa forms crisis group to monitor oil spill off ParadipOctober 8th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Thursday formed a crisis group to monitor the pollution caused by oil spill from a sunken Mongolian ship near Paradip port, an official said. "We have formed a crisis group comprising several experts and officials.
Orissa directed to monitor oil spill off Paradip portOctober 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The central government has directed Orissa to form a crisis group to monitor the pollution caused due to oil spilling off a sunken Mongolian ship near Paradip port, officials said Wednesday. Biswajit Mohanty, member of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), said that the government has directed the state to ensure that the pollution does not pose danger to the rare Olive Ridley turtles, whose nesting place is near the accident site.
Fresh oil from sunken ship blackening Orissa coastline: expertsOctober 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A fresh oil spill, probably from a Mongolian ship that sank last month, has blackened part of the Orissa coastline in an area close to the nesting site of rare Olive Ridley sea turtles, say experts. A team of two scientists of the Dehradun-based government-run Wild Life Institute of India (WII) said they visited some areas of the coastline Monday and found a fresh oil spill over a one-and-a-half kilometer stretch near Paradip port.
Tank vessel collides with barge, spilling 10,500 gallons of oil into Houston Ship ChannelSeptember 30th, 2009 Oil spill shutters part of Houston Ship ChannelHOUSTON — The Coast Guard says crews are working to clean up a 10,500-gallon oil spill that has closed traffic along three miles of the Houston Ship Channel. Chief Petty Officer Mark Mackowiak says the 458-foot tank vessel Chemical Supplier was trying to make a turn Friday night when it hit a barge in the 52-mile long channel.
3 miles of Houston Ship Channel reopen after nearly half of 10,500-gallon oil spill cleaned upSeptember 30th, 2009 Houston Ship Channel reopens after oil spillHOUSTON — The Coast Guard says three miles of the Houston Ship Channel are reopened after a 10,500-gallon oil spill closed the section during the weekend. A secluded northern segment of the channel had been shut down after a 458-foot tank vessel tried to make a turn Friday night and hit a barge in the 52-mile long channel.
Oil spill could devastate Orissa coast, says GreenpeaceSeptember 24th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa coast faces devastation if the large amount of oil now inside a capsized ship off the Paradip port spills out of the wreck, international NGO Greenpeace said Thursday. MV Black Rose, a Mongolian registered vessel, sank Sep 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil aboard.
Oil spill on Orissa coast could be from sunken ship: expertSeptember 22nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A team of experts Tuesday found oil patches along the coast of Orissa's Paradip port and suspected it could have leaked from a ship that sank near the harbour Sep 9. We found oil patches three kilometers away from the port.
Paradip Port launches clean-up drive to contain oil spillSeptember 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Paradip Port Monday launched a drive along its coast to contain possible environmental damage from a Mongolian ship that sank off the coast Sep 9. The vessel MV Black Rose, carrying about 25,000 tonnes of iron ore fines and 900 tonnes of oil, capsized in Bay of Bengal, five km off the Paradip coast.
Overheating disables bugs used in groundwater purificationSeptember 14th, 2009 SYDNEY - Overheating disables bugs that help break down groundwater contaminants under the soil, says a new study. Probing ways of cleaning groundwater, scientists examined how bugs break them down under the soils surface.
Russian engineer of sunken ship still untracedSeptember 10th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The search was still on Thursday to find the missing Russian engineer of a cargo ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip coast Wednesday, officials said. Twenty six of the 27 crew members onboard the ship have been rescued.
Maoists threaten Orissa ministerAugust 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels have threatened to blow up the residence of Orissa Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei and kill his son, police said Friday. The letter was received at the office of Orissa Mining Corporation at Jajpur Thursday.
Judge refuses to let shipping company plead guilty to SF Bay oil spill chargesJune 23rd, 2009 Judge refuses company's guilty plea in bay spillSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has refused to let a shipping company plead guilty to two misdemeanor environmental crimes for an oil spill from one of its ships in San Francisco Bay. The judge ruled Monday that if Hong Kong-based Fleet Management Ltd.
Federal court orders Exxon Mobil to pay $507.5 million, plus interest, for 1989 oil spillJune 15th, 2009 Exxon ordered to pay $507.5M for 1989 Alaska spillSAN FRANCISCO — Exxon Mobil Corp. has been ordered to pay $507.5 million in punitive damages to Alaska natives, fishermen, business owners and others harmed by the massive 1989 oil spill off Alaska.
NCP tie-up with Left, BJD is Orissa-specific, says PawarApril 8th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Nationalist Congress Party alliance with the Left parties and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa is 'only Orissa-specific', NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here Wednesday. 'Our arrangement is only Orissa-specific,' Pawar told a press conference, addressed jointly with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik.
Orissa to swap power to meet shortfallFebruary 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Power trader PTC India will swap power with Orissa to help it overcome the power shortage it is facing currently, an official said Wednesday. PTC - formerly Power Trading Corp of India - will supply about 150 MW daily to Grid Corp of Orissa (Gridco), the bulk supplier of electricity in the state.
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