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.
The Volgoneft-239 ran aground on Dec. 15 during severe storms in the Kerch Strait. Emergency crews work around the clock to ...
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 ...
Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran aground in December, sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles ...
RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in ...
Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation ... saying there is no danger of it reaching Bulgarian Black Sea waters. Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh called the media reports ...
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that leaked from damaged tankers in the Kerch Strait in December 2024. The Ministry ...
Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for organizing “health and recreation” trips for children to the Black Sea resort ..
Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil to support its war effort broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The extent of the environmental ...
Russia has continued to transport the commodity via an aging fleet whose links to Moscow are hidden, often through shell ...
following the appearance of a 'smelly black tar' on the sands. The pollution incident, which sparked fears of a marine oil spill, prompted coastguards to initiate a beach clean-up and investigation.
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 ...