Indus River, 10 July 2010 Indus River, 11 August 2010 Caption by Michon ScottAugust 13, 2010 By early August 2010, two weeks of devastating monsoon rains had transformed the landscape of Pakistan, pushing rivers over their banks, inundating...
A worker attempts to rescue his co-worker from drowning in an oil slick while attempting to fix an underwater pump during oil spill clean-up operations at Dalian's Port in China's Liaoning province July 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace Slideshow: Drowning in...
Posted by Nate Hagens at The Oil Drum …The liquid tailings, a by product of the oil sands mining process, contain naphthenic acids, unrecovered hydrocarbons and trace metals, making it toxic to aquatic organisms21 and mammals22. Operators are required to...
