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On July 8th, 2014, Greenpeace released a video criticizing LEGO’s partnership with oil giant Shell. The video, which has become a rallying point for environmental groups, sought to force LEGO to end its partnership with Shell due to Shell’s plans to implement offshore drilling in the Arctic. Fearing that the drilling would lead to a massive oil spill which could destroy the Arctic ecosystem, Greenpeace used the video to garner worldwide attention to the issue. Painting the relationship between LEGO

Over the years, industries change in accordance with new regulations that come about after major events. In the maritime industry, this statement is also true. Before conventions like International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships, ship crews would discard plastics and other trash products that would otherwise be illegal. The industry did not regard the environment as they do now because their focus was on cargo and other aspects of their job. With laws like The Oil Pollution

reached most of the industry – producers, refiners, pipeline companies, equipment makers, oil field service providers, and gas station operators - which have all enjoyed new profits. Leading the charge are the world 's largest integrated oil companies: Exxon Mobil, BP, and Royal Dutch/Shell (Yahoo Finance, Industry Profile). British Petroleum (BP) is of one of the world 's largest energy companies, providing its customers with

Until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst oil spill had been the Exxon Valdez spill in 1979. The Exxon Valdez spill also took place in the Gulf of Mexico and dumped around 190 million less gallons of oil than the BP oil spill. The first cleanup barge did not reach the site for 14 hours and by then, nearly 1,100 miles of shoreline had been

5. Discussion 5.1. Global oil spill history and Arctic oil spill risk From Fig.26. it can be deduced that mostly boats are involved when it comes to oil spills (89 incidents, 54%). On the other hand the least amount of incidents involved events classified as “other” (9 incidents, 5%). However, when seeing the results of Fig.27. which takes into account the amount of oil spilled, boats are still in the lead (45%), closely followed by platforms (33%). When the number of incidents are taken into account

according to some estimates, is still doing so) and affected the economy of the region, not to mention the future of BP. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 was signed into law in August 1990, largely in response to rising public concern following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in March of 1989. The OPA was enacted to improve the nation's

In a world of continuous progress and evolution, climate change and pollution is a leading problem in the world. Both directly and indirectly, pollution happens on a global scale every single hour. The world’s oceans are among the most affected by constant dumping of chemicals. The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the largest spill in US-controlled waters.1 It is estimated that 50-60 percent of the oil remains in the Gulf, after the

Throughout history humans have been polluting this earth without even knowing it; so far managing to dump over five trillion pieces of trash into the oceans, which is almost three hundred thousand tons of garbage. This harmful act is creating hazardous effects on the environment, killing over fourteen million birds, and one hundred thousand sea mammals. The environment is coming back for revenge on humans by contaminating drinking water. The quality of drinking water is getting significantly worse

We decided to look closer at BP’s (British Petroleum) oil spill crisis in 2010. It is British multinational oil and Gas Company, their headquarter is based on London, England. According to PFC Energy, it is the fifth-largest company in the world measured by revenues in 2012, and the sixth-largest in oil and gas industry if measured by production in 2012. BP’s annual report states that as of December 2013, BP operates in approximately 80 countries. On April 20, 2010 the explosion and sinking of Deepwater

Introduction Since the industrial revolution, society has become more and more dependent on technology. So much so that we sometimes lack the willingness to think before we act. We become impatient if it takes more than a few seconds to download a copy of the morning news paper. We expect immediate responses to our email, and we expect someone to answer their cell phone whenever and wherever we call. “Industrialization resulted in rapid and sustained economic growth and a massive increase