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Bauxite Ship Continues to Spill Oil near Solomon Island UNESCO World Heritage Site

By Jim Cobb | Retriever.Environmental on Mar 6, 2019   Acid Society, Featured  

Bauxite Ship Continues to Spill Oil near Solomon Island UNESCO World Heritage Site

  A full month since the cargo ship, Solomon Trader, was blown aground during a cyclone as it was attempting to load Bauxite at Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, the vessel continues to hemorrhage heavy fuel oil from the huge gash torn into its side from the island’s coral reef. Thus far, approximately 80 tons […]

Oil Cleanup and Salvage Operations Continue after F/V Nordic Viking Sinks in Seward

By Jim Cobb | Retriever.Environmental on Dec 13, 2018   Acid Society, Featured  

Oil Cleanup and Salvage Operations Continue after F/V Nordic Viking Sinks in Seward

  [dropcap]C[/dropcap]ontainment boom has been re-deployed around the sunken f/v Nordic Viking, the commercial fishing vessel that sunk at Seward’s T-Dock on Sunday morning after the shifting vessel pulled down the originally deployed boom as it settled further into the water. In addition to re-deployment of oil spill boom, divers from Storm Chasers Marine Services […]

Canada Fight Back!

By Jim Cobb | Retriever.Environmental on Jun 22, 2018   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Canada Fight Back!

After reading the article “Canada Criticized by Washington State After Cleanup Exercise,” (June 10, 2018 Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail) I am compelled to write to the “Editor.” The exercise by Canadian response ended with concern by Washington state that Canada is not prepared for an oil spill in a maritime environment. Wow America, that […]



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