Oil Spill Cleanup

• Estimated 150K litres of crude spills from Trans Mountain pipeline in Abbotsford, B.C.

  The pipeline remained shut down Sunday, amid cleanup operations after an oil spill at the Sumas Pump Station in Abbotsford.

  Jun 14, 2020
  
• Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent

  The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection plan as "the largest investment ever made to protect Canada's coasts and waterways."

  Feb 5, 2020
  
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• Iranian oil tanker catches fire after colliding with freighter off China, 32 missing

  The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 metric tons (150,000 tons, or nearly 1 million barrels) of condensate, a type of ultra-light oil, which was spilled into the sea.

  World

  Jan 7, 2018
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• 76,000 liter oil spill after CN rail car derails in Illinois; cleanup expected to take days

  The incident occurred when 20 cars of a Canadian National Railway Co freight train went off the tracks

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2017
• Researcher says Alberta underestimating the impact of oil spills

  A researcher is questioning how well Alberta's oil spills are tracked and how well they're cleaned up.

  Environment

  Feb 2, 2017