Goa's golden beaches turn murky as tar balls surface on seashoreTar balls -- greasy blobs of thick weathered oil that wash ashore -- have started surfacing on the state's coastline. Tourism Minister Roha...
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Oil from Bombay High source of tar balls on Gujarat coast: National Institute of OceanographyScientists conducted fingerprint test on the tar ball and oil samples collected from the Bombay High, Cairn and Niko firms to reach a concl...
High-level co to assess Goa beaches pollution: JavadekarAsserting that Narendra Modi government was committed to "development without destruction", environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesd...
- Centre to hold high-level meeting this month over hazardous tar balls in Goa coasts
The Centre on today announced calling a high-level meeting of stakeholders, including experts from across the country, later this month to ...
High-level committee to assess Goa beaches pollution: Prakash Javadekar"Govt was serious on protecting the ecology of its beaches, steps would be undertaken to ensure cleanliness at all beaches in the country."
Government looking to get rid of polluting tar balls on Goa beaches: Manohar ParrikarGoa CM said the tar ball is an "annual phenomenon" which is happening as many boats and big ships wash their tanks some 10 kms off the Goa ...
- Jayanthi Natrajan writes to MoD to tackle oil spills
Natarajan has requested defence minister A K Antony to hold an inter-ministerial meeting along with the shipping ministry to develop a bett...
- Can tech trick break Tar Balls?
Treated sewage helped clean up oil spill off colaba. Will it work for Juhu?
- Juhu beach goes through a sticky patch
Tar balls have rolled onto a stretch of Juhu beach, worrying environmental and civic authorities. At first sight, it looks like the grounde...
- TERI completes first phase of oil spill clean-up operations
TERI on Saturday announced that it has managed to scoop up all the oil sludge, tar balls and oil stained sand from Awas Beach near Alibaug.
PM asks for status report on oil spill, foreign experts called inOil spill has threatened mangroves along a coast stretched up to Alibaug.
- 75 pc oil from Gulf of Mexico spill is gone: Official
About three-quarters of the oil spilled from the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico has disappeared, a top US official said on Wednesda...
- Debris in relief well hits BP clean-up
Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil spill a small memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.
- Oil hits Texas as BP dismisses money worries
Clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill extended to Texas and New Orleans' doorstep but faced renewed foul weather threats Wednesd...
- Apologetic BP advertisement campaign gets criticism, not sympathy
An apologetic advertising campaign by BP for causing the biggest oil spill in US history has earned the company more criticism than sympath...
- Cap collecting Gulf oil, still unclear how much
A cap collected some of the oil spewing out of the blown-out Gulf well, but black crude was still leaking into the sea, and officials said ...