Resource Links - Oil Spills
- Environmental Protection Agency
- http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/
This website provides information about the U.S. EPA's program for preventing,
preparing for, and responding to oil spills that occur in and around inland
waters of the United States.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
- http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
Tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others
working to understand and mitigate the effects of oil and hazardous materials
in our waters and along our coasts.
- American Petroleumm Association
Oil Spills Prevention
- http://www.api.org/oilspills/
Since the passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the petroleum industry
has invested nearly $17 billion in oil spill prevention and response.
- Ocean
Planet: Oil Pollution
- http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html
The information on this buoy is divided into the three categories, Sources
, Accidents and Cleanups.
- Energy Fact Sheet
- http://www.iclei.org/efacts/oilspill.htm
- Oil Spill Intellegence
Report
- http://www.cutter.com/osir/primer.htm
- Oil
Spills Guide
- http://environment.about.com/cs/oilspills/index.htm?once=true&
Guide picks: Many articles and links covering oil spills, especially ocean
spills.
- Oil Spill Web
- http://www.oil-spill-web.com/main.htm
The International Oil Spill Resource and Information Center
- Effects of Marine Oil Spills
- http://www.itopf.com/effects.html
- Air &
Waste Management Association
- http://www.awma.org/resources/education/oilspills.htm
- Oceans &
Oil Spills
- http://www.aip.com.au/education/projects/pt_oceans/
Interesting resource information from Australia.
- Exxon Valdez Office of Oil Spill
(EVOS) Damage Assessment and Restoration
- http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/oil/
- Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council
- http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/index.html
10-Year Report - provides information about the impacts of the oil spill,
the injury and recovery of fish, wildlife, and people of the spill region,
and information about ongoing restoration and research activitites.
- News Articles
from Yahoo
- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Oil_Spills/
Updated daily
- Updated 3/1/02