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some good statistics on env
damage by oil companies ignoring the storm warning.
they have setup a system for people to report environmental spills. wonder what happens in india. also, i followed the links and ended up at skytruth which analyzed oils spills from satellite images, but does not have recent activity. -rajesh -------- Institute Index: A Negligent Oil Industry Dumps On Louisiana During Hurricane IsaacSeptember 9, 2012 Number of oil
industry accidents reported in Louisiana so far in the wake
of Hurricane Isaac, according to an analysis by the
Louisiana Bucket Brigade: 93 Pounds of pollution released in those
incidents, a conservative figure given that amounts are
self-reported by polluters: 4.9 million Minimum gallons of pollution that were
released: 171,000 Pounds of sulfur dioxide -- a toxic
chemical associated with respiratory problems, preterm
births and premature death -- released during the disaster
by the Chalmette refinery, a joint operation of Exxon Mobil
and Venezuela's national oil company, located just east of
New Orleans: 554,000 Pounds of other volatile chemicals released
in that incident, which was reportedly caused by a hasty
shutdown despite ample advance warning of the storm's
approach: 10,000 Pounds of benzene, a chemical known to
cause cancer, that were released: 100 Number of accidents reported at that
refinery from 2005 through 2012 that involved pollution
releases: 491 Total number of pounds of toxic chemicals
released in those incidents: 6,881,115 Pounds of toxic chemicals including
cancer-causing benzene and butadiene that the Shell Motiva
refinery in Norco, La. reported releasing during Isaac after
it failed to keep its flare lit and vented directly to the
atmosphere: unknown Date on which St. Charles Parish, where the
Shell Motiva refinery is located, issued a mandatory
evacuation order: 8/26/2012 Date on which Isaac came ashore in
Louisiana: 8/28/2012 Date on which Shell shut down the refinery
without explanation, after keeping it operating at reduced
capacity during the storm: 8/30/2012 Number of accidents reported at the Shell
Motiva refinery from 2005 through 2012 that involved
accidental pollution releases: 205 Total number of pounds of toxic chemicals
released in those incidents: 1,823,421 Gallons of oil spilled during Isaac from a
storage tank facility owned by Texas Petroleum Investment
Co. of Houston and located in the Delta National Wildlife
Refuge in Plaquemines Parish, La.: 16,800 Amount that company was fined in September
2011 for violating federal spill prevention control
regulations at two storage tank facilities in Louisiana,
including its Plaquemines Parish operations: $134,895 Amount the company was fined in August 2011
for Clean Water Act violations at oil production facilities
in Plaquemines and four other Louisiana parishes, and for
spilling oil into wetlands: $163,487 Year in which the company was sentenced to
two years of probation for violating the federal Clean Water
Act by negligently causing a spill from its Plaquemines
Parish operations: 2009 Amount it was ordered to pay in fines and
other penalties for that incident: $525,000 (Click
on figure to go to source. Much of the data and the map
are from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a
grassroots environmental health and justice nonprofit
based in New Orleans. For a larger version of the map,
which does not show all 93 incidents, click here.) From: Z Net - The Spirit Of
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