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SkyTruth Supports Associated Press Reporting on FPSOs
/in Cerulean, Oceans, Offshore, Oil Spill /by Christian ThomasSkyTruth is working to create the world’s first publicly accessible dataset of FSOs and FPSOs, to shed light on their behavior and monitor them for pollution events.
Over the last 19 months, SkyTruth has been working with investigative reporters from the Associated Press on a story that highlights the risks posed by aging vessels which are linked to offshore oil production.
SkyTruth Intern Michelle Evangelista reports on “Mexico’s Niagara,” turned into an industrial hellscape
/in Freshwater, Internship /by Michelle EvangelistaJuanacatlán Falls, long a natural resource for residents, Mexicans, and tourists, now a dumping ground for industrial waste and a source of pain for many
The Santiago River, referred to in the regional language of Nahuatl as “Río Chignahuapan,” translated as “the power of the nine rivers,” was the backbone of a thriving indigenous community near Guadalajara, Mexico.
100 days after the MT Princess Empress sank in the Philippines, oil leaking from the tanker could still be seen from space
/in Oil Spill /by Kelly FranklinIn the early hours of February 28, the MT Princess Empress — an oil tanker following a common shipping route in the Philippines — encountered rough seas and strong winds while en route from Limay, Bataan to Iloilo City.
The ship started to take on water and suffered engine trouble as the waves tossed it around in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. After putting out a distress call, the captain and 19 crewmembers were rescued from the sinking tanker by a nearby cargo ship. The unmanned Princess Empress continued to drift toward Balingawan Point in Naujan, where it finally submerged about 14 km (9 mi) from shore.
En una reserva remota en la Amazonía, guardaparques peruanos enfrentan una amenaza compleja de la minería ilegal de oro
/in Inambari, Mining, Protected Area Monitoring /by Bjorn BergmanLa ruta para recopilar datos en un puesto remoto en la selva pasa por un paisaje devastado por la minería ilegal y una serie de pueblos en auge minero lejos del alcance de las autoridades nacionales.
En la pared de la sede de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri de Perú, el personal del parque había colocado un mapa con cuadrículas de colores que identificaban las áreas amenazadas. La mayoría de las áreas estaban en los bordes de la reserva donde los mineros y cultivadores de coca presionaban contra sus límites.
In a Remote Reserve in the Amazon, Peruvian Park Rangers Navigate a Complex Threat from Illegal Gold Mining
/in Inambari, Mining, Protected Area Monitoring /by Bjorn BergmanThe route to collect data at a remote jungle outpost passes through a landscape devastated by illegal mining and a string of mining boom towns far from the reach of national authorities.
On the wall of the headquarters for Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, park staff had posted a map peppered with colored squares, which identified areas under threat. Most areas were on the edges of the reserve where miners and coca growers pressed against its boundaries.
Tankers Falsify AIS Tracking Positions to Hide Entry into Russian Black Sea Ports
/in False vessel tracking, General /by Bjorn Bergman and Kelly FranklinAmid efforts to enforce an oil price cap and prevent the looting of agricultural products, four tankers were detected disguising their routes in the Black Sea
In late February, as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine—the impetus for U.S. and NATO allies to impose new price caps on Russian crude and refined oil products—four tankers broadcast elaborate false tracks in the western Black Sea, our analysis finds. Their real locations were hundreds of miles away.