Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.
The Moscow Times explains why the Black Sea oil spill has been so devasting for seabirds. ‘Tip of the iceberg’ Animals, especially seabirds, are facing some of the worst impacts of the oil ...
On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow maritime connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, off the coast ...
However, CPC, is subject to Russian law, since the pipeline crosses Russian territory, carrying about 2m barrels per day of ...
Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...
RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in ...
CPC, an international pipeline consortium carrying non-sanctioned Kazakh oil through Russia to the Black Sea port of ...
MOSCOW, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Oil flow through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium system has fallen by about 30 to 40 percent following a Ukrainian drone attack on its largest pumping station in Russia, a ...
As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill ...
On February 5th, fishermen in the Gulf of Coro, in Falcón State, observed a new oil spill affecting the coasts, this happened ...
Two weeks into the new year, and four weeks after the oil spill, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia’s largest ...