5 Nov 2019 This oil spill is one of the largest environmental disasters in Brazil's the oil spill/ release of the crude oil in the Atlantic Ocean," prosecutors  24 Nov 2019 Oil from a spill that has contaminated a stretch of Brazil's coast was detected A volunteer shows his crude-encrusted gloves at Praia de Busca 

News Source of vast oil spill covering Brazil's northeast coast unknown. Nearly one hundred oil spills have been detected along Brazil's northeast coast since early September. An oil spill is seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019. An oil spill is seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019. A molecular analysis by IBAMA, the country’s environmental agency, showed the oil had not been produced in Brazil. Petrobras, the state-run oil conglomerate, said it wasn’t responsible. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A mysterious oil spill that has polluted at least 150 beaches along Brazil's northeastern coast reached the city of Salvador on Friday as officials tried to determine the source of the crude sludge. The oil spill, the largest in Brazil’s history, has affected 286 beaches on Brazil’s northeast coast. Since early September, oil has been washing up on the shores of 1,305 miles (2,100 kilometers) of coast in Brazil. The oil spill, the largest in Brazil’s history, has affected 286 beaches on Brazil’s northeast coast.

Brazil's main environmental agency said on Thursday the source of a sprawling oil spill along the northeast coast remains unknown, but that the crude oil was not produced in the country.

Volunteers and workers are seen removing oil spilled on Paiva beach located in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on October 21, 2019. (CNN) A mysterious oil spill, which has contaminated a number of postcard beaches in northeastern Brazil, may have been illegally dumped, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday according Brazilian officials are investigating the source of a vast oil spill that has hit dozens of beaches along the country's north-eastern coast. “The oil spill that’s reached over 132 beaches in the north-east is criminal. Removing the residue from the ocean can take 10 to 20 years,” said the former environment minister Marina Silva News Source of vast oil spill covering Brazil's northeast coast unknown. Nearly one hundred oil spills have been detected along Brazil's northeast coast since early September. An oil spill is seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019. An oil spill is seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019.

18 Nov 2019 Authorities claim the oil didn't come from Brazil, but rather had come from a tanker loaded with crude from Venezuela — a failed state.

The oil spill, the largest in Brazil’s history, has affected 286 beaches on Brazil’s northeast coast. Since early September, oil has been washing up on the shores of 1,305 miles (2,100 kilometers) of coast in Brazil. The oil spill, the largest in Brazil’s history, has affected 286 beaches on Brazil’s northeast coast.

25 Oct 2019 By Jake Spring and Marta Nogueira BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 24 ( Reuters) – A thick sludge of crude oil has been washing up on vast 

2 Nov 2019 A Brazilian fisherwoman talks about her work removing spilled crude oil from mangroves in Cabo de Santo Agostinho on Thursday. | AFP-JIJI 

An oil spill is seen on Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil September 27, 2019.

Crews working to clean up the spill so far have removed 2,000 tons of crude oil across nine Brazilian states, Reuters reported. The country’s solicitor general, it added, says Brazil plans to seek Police said the tanker appears to have spilled the crude about 700km (420 miles) off Brazil’s coast between 28 and 29 July, bound for Singapore with oil loaded at Venezuela’s San José terminal. Brazil oil spill- Government's 'slow' response condemned The Brazilian state-run oil company, Petrobras, says it has narrowed down the origins of the oil to three Venezuelan oil fields. Volunteers and workers are seen removing oil spilled on Paiva beach located in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on October 21, 2019. (CNN) A mysterious oil spill, which has contaminated a number of postcard beaches in northeastern Brazil, may have been illegally dumped, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday according Brazilian officials are investigating the source of a vast oil spill that has hit dozens of beaches along the country's north-eastern coast. “The oil spill that’s reached over 132 beaches in the north-east is criminal. Removing the residue from the ocean can take 10 to 20 years,” said the former environment minister Marina Silva

29 Nov 2019 The oil spill spans 10 states and contaminated 1500 miles of coastline. The Real News rides with a group of coastal defenders battling the spill. 23 Oct 2019 The Brazilian government's apparent inability to answer even basic Get the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 pandemic Read More → A huge oil spill off Brazil's northeastern coast which stained more than 130  25 Oct 2019 By Jake Spring and Marta Nogueira BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 24 ( Reuters) – A thick sludge of crude oil has been washing up on vast