MARINES POLLUTIONS

(Français) Décision de la Cour de Cassation / Erika

24 Sep 2012

(Français) Décision de la Cour de Cassation / Erika

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(Français) Audience devant la Cour de Cassation / Erika

24 May 2012

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(Français) Les procès Erika iront-ils à la casse ?

22 May 2012

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Stop the Gigantics !

13 Apr 2012

Stop the Gigantics !

Costa Concordia – Press release n°3
Giglio

The Gigantic was the name with which White Star Line christened its 3rd liner. The Gigantic was even bigger than the Titanic.

After the Titanic sank, the company changed its communications strategy, launching the Gigantic under the name Britannic in 1914.

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(Français) Torpiller les déchets du tsunami et polluer

10 Apr 2012

(Français) Torpiller les déchets du tsunami et polluer

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Somewhere between ‘Are you ready?” and “shhh!…The child’s asleep”.

19 Jan 2012

The maritime prefect of the Mediterranean has chosen the right option: the first. They have deployed anti-pollution measures in Corsica to counter the possible arrival of oil from the Costa Concordia wreck. Italy has yet to do the same for Sardinia and the Elba. It is noted here and there that there are recommendations on the use of dispersants. In an environment as fragile and rich in biodiversity, this toxins product is not recommended.

Faced with soothing words from several stakeholders, Robin des Bois emphasises that pollutants and floating debris in the marine sub-region encircled by Italy and France can float hundreds of kilometres.

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After 44 years of occupation, the Torrey Canyon liberates l’île d’Er

30 Sep 2011

After 44 years of occupation, the Torrey Canyon liberates l’île d’Er

The BP tanker Torrey Canyon ran aground March 18, 1967 on reefs offshore Cornwall in Great Britain. It transported 120,000 of crude oil. Several Breton fishing ships were eyewitnesses to the crash course of the Torrey Canyon. The majority of the oil slick headed toward the French coast and has left its tracks between Cherbourg and l’île d’Yeu. Northern Brittany was very severely affected. The oil spill has been attacked with detergents. The Defense Ministry organized the battle, the waste being treated as an enemy.

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Oil Spill in the North Sea

18 Aug 2011

Early last week the Gannet Alpha platform situated approximately 180km east of Aberdeen, Scotland started leaking light crude oil into the North Sea. To date it is believed that some 218 tonnes (1,300 barrels) of oil has leaked from an 8 inch thick pipeline which joins Gannet E and F drilling fields. The leak was only confirmed a couple of days after it started by the operator Shell. The platform continues to operate but the sub-sea line between Gannet E and F has been isolated and the flow line depressurised which should reduce the leak flow.

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(Français) Union Neptune : le renflouement est urgent.

11 Aug 2011

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Crabs Pinched by PCB

20 Jul 2011

The port of Rouen wants to open a new disposal site for the sludge from dredging in the Seine’s bay. The public inquiry was closed yesterday. This 2 million meters³ “experience” covers itself in scientific fuss like the follow-up of the bioaccumulation of toxic elements contained in the sludge, thanks to the placing of 7 cages of mussels laid 2 to 10 km from the disposal site. This animal experimentation led by Ifremer is totally useless in regards to the ecological disaster that strikes a blow from heavy metals and PCB, endocrinal disruptors, at the ensemble of the Seine’s bay from the east to the west and from the top to the bottom.

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