Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland

Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles

The Guardian

The Ministry of #Environment, Forest, and Climate Change,India, has released draft rules aimed at managing ‘tar balls’ to protect the #coastline and #marine #environment from #oil #spills.
The proposal outlines responsibilities for states, district administrations, and various ministries and agencies to prevent #OilSpills and ensure their timely removal.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2026/Apr/06/centre-makes-draft-rules-for-control-of-coastal-oil-lumps

Centre makes draft rules for control of coastal oil lumps

The proposal outlines responsibilities for states, district administrations, and various ministries and agencies to prevent oil spills and ensure their timely removal.

The New Indian Express
‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

The Guardian

‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf.html

OF course, the protections under the Endangered Species Act also help protect other things - like the marine #ecosystems that the Gulf coast states - from Florida to Texas - rely on for tourism, recreation and fisheries. Do they really want more Deepwater Horizons? More #OilSpills? More abandoned wells seeping oil into the waters?

Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/trump-protections-endangered-species-gulf-of-mexico?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

(Did you know the #EndangeredSpeciesAct came out of that radical left #Nixon Administration?)

Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’

The Guardian

Trump Administration Orders Restart of Pipeline Tied to Major California Oil Spill

Environmental groups warn using the Defense Production Act to revive the system sets a “radically dangerous precedent.”

https://murica.website/2026/03/trump-administration-orders-restart-of-pipeline-tied-to-major-california-oil-spill/

Trump Administration Orders Restart of Pipeline Tied to Major California Oil Spill – The USA Potato

Vulnerability of Middle East Desalination Plants to Oil Spills

📰 Original title: Los derrames de petróleo pueden paralizar las plantas desalinizadoras de Oriente Medio

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-plants-to-oil-spills/?redirpost=22b7aebb-3031-4ae3-922f-0b0549b8884d

#environment #desalination #middleeast #oilspills

Vulnerability of Middle East Desalination Plants to Oil Spills

Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly critical as they provide the majority of drinking water in countries like Kuwait, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, with some plants covering up to 90%

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A Technical Question Before the Supreme Court Could Seal Fate of Line 5 Pipeline

Many tribal nations say the pipeline threatens their waters, treaty rights, and ways of life.

https://murica.website/2026/02/a-technical-question-before-the-supreme-court-could-seal-fate-of-line-5-pipeline/

A Technical Question Before the Supreme Court Could Seal Fate of Line 5 Pipeline – The USA Potato

‘Ticking time bomb’: Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers ‘risking catastrophic oil spill’

Exclusive: only matter of time until decrepit ships cause spill bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster, analysts say

The Guardian