Reports indicate melting permafrost caused by global heating may have damaged the industrial facility. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a federal emergency Wednesday to help clean up an estimated 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel that poured into Ambarnaya River Friday after an accident at a power station near Norilsk, an industrial city in the […]
Response crews, made of Alyeska Pipeline, the Coast Guard and Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation report that as of Monday afternoon 798 barrels of water/oil mix has been collected from the spill that occurred just west of the Emergency Response Building at the Valdez Marine Terminal. Of that 33,516 gallons of water/oil mix, three […]
Findings published amid push to gut public oversight and environmental review for new mines Today Earthworks, along with four Alaska conservation, environmental health and justice organizations, released a report on the extensive record of spills and pollution violations at Alaska’s five major operating hardrock mines: Red Dog, Fort Knox, Pogo, Kensington and Greens […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard responded to a report of an oil sheen in Kitoi Bay Friday. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak issued a Notice of Federal Interest to Kitoi Bay Hatchery, today, after receiving notification of an oil spill in Kitoi Bay on Afognak Island. The Oil Spill Liability […]