Contamination of any ecosystem, but usually of freshwater or marine ecosystems, by oil or other petroleum products.
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Examples for "oil pollution"
Examples for "oil pollution"
1Vast stretches of the delta's unique mangrove swamps are blackened and dead from oil pollution.
2Most oil pollution is caused by dumping, done intentionally, in the course of routine tanker operations.
3This estimate does not include the wider forms of oil pollution for which there is no data.
4The Irish Coast Guard is today continuing to monitor a serious oil pollution incident off the south coast.
5It had earlier said it wanted a greater share of oil revenues and an end to oil pollution.
1Now scientists wonder if the oil spill could create a similar problem.
2These are some of the consequences from that oil spill, he said.
3Take, for example, shares in BP during the lamentable Gulf oil spill.
4Analysts cited a ban on Gulf drilling following the Gulf oil spill.
5Indonesia alleges that the oil spill also fouled its waters and coast.
6What they were doing at the time was stopping the oil spill.
7Santa Barbara was the site of a major oil spill in 1969.
8Staggering photos of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
9The owner of the stricken container ship apologises for the oil spill.
10The guidance also explained the agency's expectations for companies' oil spill response plans.
11A presidential commission investigating the oil spill must have subpoena power, Pelosi said.
12Allen also reported two deaths of workers helping with the oil spill response.
13It was the second major oil spill near Exxon facilities in three months.
14Several species of seabird would also be at risk from any oil spill.
15BP has said it will cover all costs of its Gulf oil spill.
16It would be very, very difficult to contain an oil spill, Cahoon said.