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Vladimir Putin acknowledged the situation as an environmental catastrophe (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

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Rescue teams empty 1,500 tonnes of oil from Russian tanker

Rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tonnes of oil left on board a tanker that ran aground last year in southern Russia, officials said.

Booms on the sea around the damaged Volgoneft-239 tanker near the port of Taman (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

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Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread

Rescuers work to clean up tonnes of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

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More than 30 dolphins dead since oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

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Emergency declared in Crimea as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

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Thailand tackles second offshore oil spill in three weeks

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Favourable weather and clean-up keep oil slick away from Thai resort island

Thai province declares emergency as oil slick hits beach

The governor of a province in eastern Thailand has declared a state of emergency after an oil slick washed up on a sand beach, shutting down restaurants and shops in a setback for the pandemic-hit tourism industry.

Sat, 29 Jan, 2022

21 beaches polluted by oil spill in Peru linked to Tonga eruption

Peru’s prime minister Mirtha Vasquez said Repsol has promised to deliver a cleaning schedule, to incorporate local fishermen in the clean-up on beaches and to deliver food baskets to affected families``zz`p[]-05678

Fri, 21 Jan, 2022

Deadly spill of sulphuric acid in west Queensland

Floodwaters were hampering emergency officials’ efforts to clean up a remote site in northeast Australia where a freight train carrying sulphuric acid derailed a day earlier.

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015

Oil spill in Limerick

Over 2,000 litres of oil have leaked onto open land in Limerick.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2015

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Rescue teams empty 1,500 tonnes of oil from Russian tanker

Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread

More than 30 dolphins dead since oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

Emergency declared in Crimea as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

Thailand tackles second offshore oil spill in three weeks

Favourable weather and clean-up keep oil slick away from Thai resort island

Thai province declares emergency as oil slick hits beach

21 beaches polluted by oil spill in Peru linked to Tonga eruption

Deadly spill of sulphuric acid in west Queensland

Oil spill in Limerick

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Mick Clifford

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Rescue teams empty 1,500 tonnes of oil from Russian tanker

Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread

More than 30 dolphins dead since oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

Emergency declared in Crimea as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

Thailand tackles second offshore oil spill in three weeks

Favourable weather and clean-up keep oil slick away from Thai resort island

Thai province declares emergency as oil slick hits beach

21 beaches polluted by oil spill in Peru linked to Tonga eruption

Deadly spill of sulphuric acid in west Queensland

Oil spill in Limerick

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Mick Clifford

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