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Meanings of oil pollution in English
Contamination of any ecosystem, but usually of freshwater or marine ecosystems, by oil or other petroleum products.
Subject category of the 20th Century Press Archives.
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Usage of oil pollution in English
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Vast stretches of the delta's unique mangrove swamps are blackened and dead from oil pollution.
2
Most oil pollution is caused by dumping, done intentionally, in the course of routine tanker operations.
3
This estimate does not include the wider forms of oil pollution for which there is no data.
4
The Irish Coast Guard is today continuing to monitor a serious oil pollution incident off the south coast.
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It had earlier said it wanted a greater share of oil revenues and an end to oil pollution.
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Buhari has said the government wanted to hold talks with Niger Delta leaders to address poverty and oil pollution.
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But it is far and away the most thorough UN study yet done on the legacy of oil pollution.
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The ship is now safe following an extensive fire service operation and there is no threat of oil pollution.
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The New Yorker, January 31, 1970 P. 27 Talk story about oil pollution of the ocean.
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Militant groups have long demanded a greater share of the mineral wealth and an end to oil pollution in the region.
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People complain of breathing problems and skin lesions, yet neither the government nor oil companies monitor the human impacts of oil pollution.
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Unlike hurricanes, in which state and local governments coordinate the response, BP is fully in charge of the oil pollution prevention operation.
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Fragile communities already surrounded by oil pollution and desperately short of roads, clean water and electricity have been turned into military zones.
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Many other impoverished communities in the delta are now expected to seek damages for oil pollution against Shell in the British courts.
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It has emerged that none of the potential coastal counties at risk in the southeast have completed their oil pollution emergency response plans.
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A Dutch court has rejected four out of five allegations against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell over oil pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta region.