Oil Pollution Links

Canada pledges oil and gas pollution rules by 2013 at climate conference

Facing questions about its upcoming withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol and "gaps" in its existing policies, Canada has told international climate change talks in Germany that it planned to crack down on oil and gas pollution through draft regulations by next year.

Utah Oil Sands Project Challenged Over Groundwater Pollution

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State regulators testified Wednesday that the first U.S. commercial oil sands operation won't pollute groundwater because the proposed strip mine is in an arid region of eastern Utah with no groundwater except at extreme depths.

Trawler: No immediate risk of oil pollution

Authorities say there is no immediate risk of oil pollution to the coastline after a 50m fishing trawler ran aground at First Beach in Clifton, Cape Town.

Oil Spill Research and Development Follows Boom and Bust Cycle

Research and funding efforts for oil spill clean-up technology have followed a boom and bust cycle, where interest will peak after a major incident, then wane as time progresses. This trend was seen when the Exxon Valdez incident happened in March 1989.

Shale oil increasing waste gas pollution, data show

The shale energy boom is fuelling a rise in the burning of waste gas after years of decline, a World Bank source told Reuters ahead of the release of new data.