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51Royal Danish Navy — This article is about the Royal Navy of Denmark. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation). Royal Danish Navy Søværnet Logo of Søværnet Founded 1510 (1401) …
52MV Braer — The MV Braer was an oil tanker which ran aground off Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993.Reason for ship s lossIn the ship court after the loss, it was stated that reason for ship s loss was seawater contamination of the diesel oil. [ [http://www …
53Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) — The Office of Response and Restoration (OR R) is a program office of the National Ocean Service and a natural resource trustee that protects the coastal environment from oil and hazardous material releases and restores natural resources injured… …
54Missions of the United States Coast Guard — The United States Coast Guard carries out three basic roles, which are further subdivided into eleven statutory missions. The three roles are: Maritime safety Maritime security Maritime Stewardship The eleven statutory missions as defined by law… …
55Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …
56Environmental issues in the Niger Delta — Key environmental issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria relate to its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km² within wetlands of 70,000 km² formed primarily by sediment deposition. Home to 20 million people and 40 different… …
57Ohmsett — aerial photo Ohmsett is the National Oil Spill Response Test Facility, located in Leonardo, New Jersey. The name Ohmsett is an acronym for Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank . This is the only facility of its kind where …
58Torrey Canyon — The Torrey Canyon was a supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, which was wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall in 1967 causing an environmental disaster.The shipWhen laid down in the United States in 1959 she… …
59William E. Nelson — is an environmental wax researcher from Perth, Ontario, Canada.Nelson is an inventor who has discovered many applications for wax in diverse areas (including) the cleanup of oil spills, stabilizing fly ash piles, coal dust from open rail cars,… …
60Glossary of firefighting — Note: This list does not include firefighting equipment, i.e., tools and apparatus used by firefighters. Please refer to Glossary of firefighting equipment for such terms. : Note: This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by… …
