At least four people dead after oil barge sinks in Venezuela, …
WEB2 days ago · At least four people have been reported dead following the sinking of an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuela's state-run energy company PDVSA at the country's Lake Maracaibo, according ...
Pollution in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo threatens life in one of …
WEBAug 16, 2023 · MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and largest — in the world.
Venezuela oil spills mount as it ramps up production after U.S ...
WEBNov 29, 2023 · LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything —...
At least two people dead after oil barge sinks in Venezuela, …
WEB2 days ago · Sep 27, 2024, 12:29 AM. CARACAS/MARACAIBO - At least two people died and four were declared missing following the sinking of an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuelan state-run energy ...
Fishermen live in stain of Venezuela’s broken oil industry - AP News
WEBOct 11, 2019 · CABIMAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nobody lives as closely with the environmental fallout of Venezuela's collapsing oil industry as the fishermen who scratch out an existence on the blackened, sticky shores of Lake Maracaibo.
Oil-tainted lake a symptom, and symbol, of Venezuela's collapse - France 24
WEBJul 21, 2024 · A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country's once-enviable petroleum industry.
Lake Maracaibo is filled with oil. Hundreds are donating their hair …
WEBOct 20, 2023 · Amid Venezuela’s oil industry decline, Lake Maracaibo has been coated with oil slicks. Now, one group is hoping to save the lake — one haircut at a time.
NASA satellite photos show oil spill, pollution in Venezuela’s Lake ...
WEBOct 7, 2021 · Once a symbol of Venezuela’s oil richness, the lake is now contaminated by crumbling machinery spitting crude oil and bright-green blooms of algae — pollution that can be seen from space.
Algae fed by pollution carpet Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo in …
WEBDec 8, 2021 · Residents of Venezuela's northwestern Zulia state long ago became accustomed to the dark waters of Lake Maracaibo, tinted black by oil pollution. But worsening contamination has changed the...
Pollution in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo threatens life in ... - The Hill
WEBMARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater...