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Nearly 150 volunteers and workers involved in cleaning up oil along the Black Sea coast have sought medical assistance over the past month, health officials in the southern Krasnodar region said Wednesday. Krasnodar region Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov said 146 people required medical attention amid the ongoing clean-up efforts, with three hospitalized and 142 treated […]
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized Russian officials for their slow response to what he described as the country’s most serious environmental disaster in recent memory. “This is practically one of the most serious environmental challenges we’ve faced in recent years,” Putin said during a televised cabinet meeting, his first of the year. “The information I receive […]
Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group said Sunday. Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are “most likely related to the fuel oil […]
Oil from two Russian tankers, which sank and ran aground in the Kerch Strait after a storm in December, has spread 250 kilometres to reach the coast of Sevastopol in Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said on Friday. Source link
Oil from two damaged Russian tanker ships has been detected on beaches in annexed Crimea, Russian authorities said Thursday, as volunteers intensify efforts to address the environmental fallout. The tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, were struck by a storm last month in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea near […]
Russia warned on Saturday of severe environmental damage from a huge oil spill in the Black Sea caused when two tankers collided in a storm near Crimea, which declared a state of emergency. One tanker sank and another ran aground on December 15 in the Kerch Strait between Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula. Thousands […]
A major environmental disaster is unfolding along southern Russia’s Black Sea coast after a storm damaged two oil tankers last weekend, spilling thousands of tons of heavy fuel that has now washed ashore. In the week since the Volgoneft 212 sank and the Volgoneft 239 ran aground, social media has been flooded with videos showing oil-slicked […]
NewsFeed Oil has washed up along tens of kilometres of Russia’s Black Sea coastline after two of its tankers were badly damaged in a storm over the weekend. Published On 17 Dec 202417 Dec 2024 Source link
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A gas spill at the Circle K on University Avenue in Champaign led to the pumps shutting down temporarily on Sunday. The Champaign Fire Department responded to the gas station around 1 p.m. on Nov. 24. Effingham home ‘total loss’ after Saturday morning fire According to the fire department, a contractor […]