Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 | 12.25.2022
Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi pollution responders monitor the response to an oil spill in the La Quinta Channel in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, Dec. 25, 2022. Pollution responders estimated up to 3,800 gallons of light crude oil entered the water from a cracked pipeline near the Flint Hills Ingleside facility. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephen McConnell)...
Courtesy Video | White House Communications Agency | 10.31.2022
President Biden responds to reports over recent days of major oil companies making record-setting profits even as they refuse to help lower prices at the pump for the American people. The White House...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles | 10.08.2021
Several birds receive treatment at the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, Oct. 8, 2021, in San Pedro, Calif., where rescued birds from the recent oil spill off the Southern California Coast are brought for rehabilitation. Birds are examined by technicians who work for OWCN in partnership with International Bird Rescue. The birds are cleaned and cared for before returning to the wild. (U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 07.16.2021
The Coast Guard Sector Key West Incident Management Team concludes a 40-day coordinated response effort to mitigate the pollution threat from the tanker Munger T. Ball wreck, 70 miles northwest of Key West, Florida, July 16, 2021. More than 35,000 gallons of heavy oil product was safely removed from the Munger T. Ball. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 10.19.2020
Rear Adm. Jack Vogt, commander, 13th Coast Guard District, addresses partner organizations in advance of the CANUSPAC oil spill response coordination exercise scheduled to be held in Fall 2020. The exercise is a joint operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, First Nations and other local indigenous tribal communities to promote coordination and preparation in the event of a......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Wargo | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.15.2020
The Coast Guard federal on scene coordinator and the state on scene coordinator from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with Federal Trustees: Department of Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and the National Park Service, coordinated efforts to remove weathered oil, discovered after Hurricane Sally, from......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 10.03.2020
Petty Officer 1st Class Adrien Lively explains advanced technology used to validate vessel statuses from data collected immediately following Hurricane Sally, in Ono Island, Alabama, Oct. 3, 2020. This data helps the Coast Guard identify if vessels are a pollution threat and to prioritize the removal of oil or hazardous substances from vessels, minimizing the environmental threat of pollution.......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles | 05.08.2020
Coast Guard Cmdr. Marshall Newberry, the Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach Chief of Prevention, speaks about how the Coast Guard is handling the increased presence of tanker and cruise ships off the coast of Southern California, May 8, 2020. In partnership with the Marine Exchange and the Vessel Traffic Service, the Coast manages the flow of vessel traffic through the ports of Los Angeles and Long......
