Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

New!   Hidden oil spill:  New study contradicts owner’s claims (Janet MCCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press ; June 24, 2019) https://apnews.com/198dd1dde1ff4461bb8cda2e36bc2c82 Company sues to block order to contain 14-year-old oil leak (Michael KUNZELMAN, Associated Press ; December 21, 2018) https://apnews.com/ea14af563f9c47f2b4c97b0df5f047b1 A 14-year-long oil spill in Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U. S. history (Darryl FEARS, The Washington Post ; October 22, 2018) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-14-year-long-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-verges-on-becoming-one-of-the-worst-in-us-history/2018/10/20/f9a66fd0-9045-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html?utm_term=.bb886da55696 Taylor Energy oil platform, destroyed in 2004 during Hurricane Ivan, is still leaking in the Gulf (Mark SCHLEIFSTEIN, The NOLA Times-Picayne ; July 1, 2013) https://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/07/taylor_energy_oil_platform_des_1.html Th...

Peru's oldest and largest Amazonian oil field poised for cleanup (Barbara FRASER, Nature ; October 2, 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06886-0?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20181004&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181004&sap-outbound-id=4FA9B997B4302983BC33FB13B50BE1B824393109 Ministry accelerates environmental remediation process that will be carried out in lots 192 and 8 (Press Release, Ministry of Energy and Mines/BNAmericas.com ; June 1, 2018) http://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/oilandgas/ministry-accelerates-environmental-remediation-process-that-will-be-carried-out-in-lots-192-and-8/ Selected Research Publications: Oil pollution in soils and sediments from Northern Peruvian Amazon (ROSELL-MELÉ  et al. , 2018 ) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro_Mayor/publication/319356597_Oil_pollution_in_soils_and_sediments_from_the_Northern_Peruvian_Amazon/links/5a147992458515005213033c/Oil-pollution-in-soils-and-sediments-from-th...

  "Monitoring Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley"   -- a  Water Education Foundation (WEF) Workshop Event   -- took place on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at the CSU Fresno Campus in Fresno, CA. Once again, timely information regarding the Sustainable Groundwater Management Program (SGMA), continued Land Subsidence Measurement and Monitoring, and updates on Groundwater conditions within the San Joaquin Valley was presented by Researchers from the  California Department of Water Resources (DWR) ,  the  Friant Water Authority ,   the  National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL) , and the  U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) . Copies of the 2018 WEF Workshop Agenda and six (6) Power Point presentations may be accessed by clicking the following  Water Education Foundation  link provided below: https://www.watereducation.org/foundation-event/monitoring-land-subsidence-san-joaquin-valley ...