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![Rich Western countries lead global oil and gas expansion – IISD](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shutterstock_1908761479-500x334.jpg)
More than two-thirds of all new licenses for oil and gas production were issued by just 5 countries
![Spanish Valencia closes beaches due to oil spill. Photos, video](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nafta-valensiya-500x313.jpeg)
The source of the contamination is still unknown
![Finland warns of threat of environmental disaster due to Russian oil tankers](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_736907158-500x333.jpg)
The threat of an oil spill in the Baltic Sea is growing
![Russian attack on energy infrastructure in Odesa region caused environmental damage worth UAH 3 million](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/shutterstock_1785336617-500x334.jpg)
The amount of damage was 3 million hryvnias
![Oil products leak into the Dnipro River in Zaporizhzhia](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/co6uwtz6dz1uqk8f-500x375.jpg)
Stains of oil products washed up to the shore
![The environmental consequences of the missile strike on the DniproHES are announced](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/shutterstock_1842618241-500x334.jpg)
Estimated losses from oil pollution reached 159,000 hryvnias.
![As a result of the shelling of the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant, oil products got into the river. Photo.](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/E5C24598-56E4-478C-9A0B-96904EBBBCB5-500x313.jpeg)
It is not known whether it will be possible to restore the operation of HPP-2 at the hydroelectric power station
![Oil products were dumped into a lake in Obolon. Photo.](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/39612168-993A-4A12-BA24-19D6A138DEBA-500x313.jpeg)
For authenticity, the law enforcement officers sealed and took samples for water analysis
![German scientists are trying to replace oil with sugar in the production of foam rubber](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/shutterstock_1445340467-500x334.jpg)
Currently, the enterprise produces 0.5 tons of such aniline per day
![Kharkiv begins replacing contaminated soil after shelling of oil depot in February](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/shutterstock_308211629-500x334.jpg)
As a result of the shelling of the oil depot, about 3,000 tons of oil products entered the river
![Ducks return to the Lopan River in Kharkiv after oil spill](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/A374D0C9-276F-465C-80E3-EE8BBC5E9D09-500x313.jpeg)
This means that the concentration of petroleum products in water has significantly decreased
![Petrochemical giants have known for 30 years about the impossibility of plastic recycling – study](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/62655CE3-4582-427D-A1B7-63FA887DE3B1-500x313.jpeg)
Oil industry misinformation is behind two of the most catastrophic environmental pollution crises in human history