VOA标准英语2015--Rescuers Work to Save Wildlife Affected by California Oil Spill

Rescuers Work to Save Wildlife Affected by California Oil Spill SAN DIEGO Dead animals have been found almost daily since a pipeline failed May 19, releasing thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean and beaches of central California. While it

VOA慢速英语2011--Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year

IN THE NEWS - Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Last year on April twentieth the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded in flames in the Gu

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Unit 66 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez departed from the Trans Alaska Pipeline terminal at 9:12 pm March 23, 1989. After passing through Valdez Narrows, pilot Murphy left the vessel and Captain Hazelwood radioed the Coast Guard to report the

新西兰英语 755 No oil spill

A 60m squid fishing boat hit rocks early this morning near Stewart Island in rough seas. Some oil started to spill from the boat. There was concern that the oil could spread to a marine reserve not too far away. Yellow-eyed penguin live in this reser

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VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf Oil Spill Puts Sea Turtles at Ris

The spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is contaminating nesting and feeding grounds for sea turtles. All six species in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Fragile species Barbara Schroeder, who

2006年VOA标准英语-Lebanese Oil Spill - Collateral Damage of the B

By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 18 August 2006 watch Oil Spill report A ceasefire in the Middle East is allowing officials to assess some of the environmental damage from the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Some experts say the long-term envir

VOA标准英语2010年-Oil Spill Fund Chief Says He is 'Behol

Kenneth R. Feinberg, who was recently appointed by President Barack Obama as the Independent Administrator of the Gulf Claims Facility for the $20 billion BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund, speaks at the Economics Club in Washington, 1

VOA标准英语2010年-Gushing Oil Threatens Wildlife, Gulf E

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Rader, chief oceans scientist for the Environmental

VOA标准英语2010年-Oil-Tainted Waste Raises Health, Envir

The arrival of oil-tainted waste to federally approved landfills across the Gulf coast is raising concerns are raised about the potential impact on the environment and public health An estimated 700 million liters of oil have spilled into the Gulf of

VOA标准英语2009年-Australia Oil Spill Spreads Contamination

By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 October 2009 Australia's worst oil slick since the mid-1980s is now tainting Indonesian waters. Fishermen in West Timor say contaminated fish are making villagers ill. Oil began leaking two months ago, following an accident

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Galapagos Oil Spill

ENVIRONMENT REPORT – July 26, 2002: Galapagos Oil Spill By George Grow (Photo -noaa.gov) This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists say that as many as fifteen-thousand marine ig

美国国家公共电台 NPR Researchers Test Hotter, Faster And Cleaner Way To Fight Oil Spills

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seven years ago showed just how hard it is to combat a massive oil spill. Cleaning oil from water is a challenge, especially on the open sea. Now the federal government is backing research on

美国国家公共电台 NPR 7 Years After BP Oil Spill, Oyster Farming Takes Hold In South

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A new kind of farming is taking hold here in Alabama, oyster aquaculture along the Gulf Coast. Some commercial fishermen now harvest oysters. NPR's Debbie Elliott, whom we know, reports. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, BYLINE: You drive 8 miles do

VOA常速英语2007年-S. Korea Expected to Declare Oil Spill Coastlin

By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 December 2007 South Korean officials say they will declare a long stretch of the country's western coastline a disaster area. The move makes residents and businesses eligible for compensation as an enormous oil spill devastates

VOA标准英语2010年-In Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

John Lapper examines oyster for research by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Marine Fisheries and Louisiana State University Until the BP oil spill almost three months ago, the oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest in the U.S,

Typhoon-triggered oil spill cleaned up in S China province

NANNING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An oil spill triggered by typhoon Kai-Tak in the south China city of Beihai has been cleaned up, according to a local official. Typhoon Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, has left one dead and two missing in Gu

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Visits Oil Imperiled U.S. Gulf C

President Barack Obama is briefed by National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen in Venice, La., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP (British Petroleum) oil well spill, Sunday, May 2, 2010. President Bara

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Fifty years ago today, a damaged oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., caused what was then the largest oil spill in the history of the United States. The public reaction helped to shape the modern environmental moveme

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A team of U.S. Navy audiologists conducted a hearing test on a rare beaked whale convalescing at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys. The mature female whale has been tentatively identified as a Gervais' beaked whale or a Sowerb