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Washington State Has Forgotten Its Own BP Oil Spill

Sightline Institute
It was just a few days before Christmas 1988 when an oil barge accident near the entrance of Grays Harbor unleashed one of the most damaging...
108 months ago

Lasting state/industry partnership key to keeping state waters safe from oil spills

Washington State Department of Ecology (.gov)
This blog is a joint publication from the American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Ecology's Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response...
39 months ago

Transportation of Crude Oil Along the West Coast

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)
The map depicts the routes(link is external) of crude traveling by rail, tanker vessel, pipeline and barge across the western states and British Columbia.
95 months ago

Remembering our oil spills legacy: Why Washington has an emergency response tug at Neah Bay

Washington State Department of Ecology (.gov)
The March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill was one of the worst vessel spills in history. Eleven million gallons of crude oil spilled into...
76 months ago

Can we contain oil spills? The answer is in the sheen

CBC
If the Trudeau government approves the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline project, the company responsible for oil spill...
94 months ago

Our Pacific coast, Strait have had share of oil spills over 51 years

Peninsula Daily News
Here are summaries of major oil spills on the Pacific Coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca over the past 51 years.
115 months ago

Canada’s not ready for a major oil spill

Ecojustice
In 2015, a toxic fuel spill in Vancouver's English Bay starkly illustrated how ill-prepared Canada is to respond to a major oil spill.
113 months ago

Fifty Years of Oil Spills in Washington’s Waters

Sightline Institute
The fact is that Washington has already suffered numerous damaging spills. Here are a few of the worst.
116 months ago

Jack Knox: B.C. has never had an oil-tanker spill — but it only takes one

Times Colonist
Officials say a loaded fuel barge that broke away from its tug off British Columbia's central coast is now being towed to a safe location and no pollution has...
82 months ago

The Danger of the Marine Vessels that Serve Refineries

Sightline Institute
Oil tankers make nearly 4,000 trips each year on the Salish Sea, each carrying up to 400,000 barrels of crude oil to, or refined product...
35 months ago