2006 March at Oil Change

Archive for March, 2006

Its Time to Pay up Exxon

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 27th, 2006 in Oil, Pollution

I remember at the time of the Exxon Valdez spill that one of the Trustees of the Oil Spill Board said something like “Lawyers not yet born will work on this one”.

Pipeline Safety - What One Mother Expects

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 27th, 2006 in Oil, Safety

The BP spill on the North Slope is still reverberating - here is a post to the “safepipelines” discussion group:

One Metre Sea-Level Rise This Century

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 27th, 2006 in Climate Change, Oil, climate change impacts

We are facing at least a metre rise in sea-level by the end of this century, scientists have warned. Half of the Greenland ice cap and vast areas of Antarctica are destined to melt if climate change continues unabated.

The Price of Oil: Seventeen Years On from the Exxon Valdez

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell March 24th, 2006 in Oil, Politics, Pollution, Safety

Today is the seventeen Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, the worst spill in America’s history. Over eleven million gallons poured into Prince William Sound polluting the pristine environment and devastating the local wildlife and with it the local salmon fishing industry.