Gerry Ellis / Burned rainforest, cleared for oil palm agriculture, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015
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Gerry Ellis / Smoking fire, set by humans to clear rainforest to plant oil palms, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015
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Cyril Ruoso / Pollution washed up in mangroves, Sungei Buloh Natural Park, Singapore. Non-ex
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Kevin Schafer / Oil refinery with Mount Baker behind, seen from Fidalgo Bay, Anacortes, Washington
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Kevin Schafer / Oil refinery at sunrise spewing gas effluence out of smoke stacks, Anacortes, Washington
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying in a heated pen (a heat lamp illuminates the pen with a red light) after its first wash, which removed some of the oil that coated its feathers. Some oil remains on...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being rinsed after a wash with soap to remove the oil that coated its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerab...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature p...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature portf...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Cape Town, South Africa. Vulnerable species. Third place...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats it feathers. After it will be hand reared in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal B...
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Peter Lewis / Fawley Oil Refinery at sunset, Fawley, nr Southampton, Hampshire, UK, September 2009
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Peter Lewis / Sunset over Fawley oil refinery viewed from Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, UK, October 2010
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Christophe Courteau / Rusty barrels at the historical site of Virgohamna where, in 1897, the hydrogen balloon 'Omen' (the Eagle) sailed northward in a failed attempt to reach the north pole with 3 Swedish ballooners led by...
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Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Burning off impure gas in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pumping unit in the oil fields near Niznevartovsk. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.
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Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...
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Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...
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Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.
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Gerrit Vyn / Human footprint and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming through oil slick, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009
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MORLEY READ / Burning off gas beside pool of waste water, Shushufindi oil prodcution site, Ecuador
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Mitsuaki Iwago / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) covered in oil, South Georgia Island
MORLEY READ / Laying pipeline for oil extraction in rainforest. Ecuador, South America
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Ross Couper-Johnston / Burning oil well with water control from heat-shielding shed, Kuwait, Arabia, post Gulf war.
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Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) using a discarded oil container as its home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.
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Ashley Cooper / A scrap metal dump in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Oil pollution in Lyme Regis harbour, probably from a fishing vessel, Dorset, UK. June 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Rubbish on the streets of a town in the Atlas mountains, Morocco, North Africa. April 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Illulissat, Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujullaq or Illulissat Ice fjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland. July 2008
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Ashley Cooper / The irony of solar powered CCTV at Shell's Albian sands tar sands mine. The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the planet, and the world's most environmentally destructive. The synthetic...
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits exposed in the side of the Athabasca River, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Groundwater testing point north of Fort McMurray, the centre of the Alberta tar sands industry. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant which processes tar sand for the production of synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant which processes tar sand for the production of synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / American buffalo (Bison bison) grazing on land reclaimed from a former tar sands mine at Syncrude Mildred Lake, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, USA. August.
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Ashley Cooper / American buffalo (Bison bison) grazing on land reclaimed from a former tar sands mine at Syncrude Mildred Lake, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, USA. August.
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Shell Scotforth plant which takes bitumen extracted from the tar sands and adds hydrogen to it to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Bitumen from tar sands leaching out in a road cutting. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Bitumen from tar sands leaching out in a road cutting. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands with iridescent oil patterns. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands with iridescent oil patterns. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A hand full of tar sand Alberta, Canada,.August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The tar sands upgrader plant at the Syncrude mine , at sunset , north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Construction of new tar sands plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Construction of new tar sands plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Construction of new tar sands plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits mining north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands mining near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands mining near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits being mined north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Massive dump trucks with load with tar sand in a mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. In addition, tho...
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands mining near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Soil removed to reach the tar sands beds in an open pit tar sands mine north of fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A brand new Tar sands plant being constructed north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the planet, and the world's most environmentally destru...
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands mining north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Sulphur which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Sulpher which has to be extracted from the raw bitumen from tar sands piled up in huge mountains by the Syncrude upgrader plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A SAG D (Steam assisted Gravity Drainage) tar sands plant north of Fort McMurray. The SAG D is used to extract the bitumen from the tar sands when they are too deep to be strip mined. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Air pollution from the Syncrude Tar sands upgrader plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.
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Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.
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Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar, a massive coal powered power station in Nottinghamshire, with field of oilseed rape in foreground, UK, May 2008.
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Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. It is Scotlands only oil refinery
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Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery in Grangemouth Scotland, UK. August 2009.
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Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery in Grangemouth Scotland, UK. August 2009.
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Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
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Ashley Cooper / The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
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Ashley Cooper / Flaring off gas at The Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. October 2010.
