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Train hauling Canadian oil derails in Minnesota
2013-03-28 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed, spilling 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border. The major spill, the first since the start of a boom in North American crude-by-rail transport three years ago, came when 14 cars on a 94-car Canadian Pacific train left the tracks about 150 miles northwest of Minneapolis near the town of Parkers Prairie, the Otter Tail Sheriff's Department...
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UPDATE 1-Canadian Pacific train derails, spills oil in Minnesota
2013-03-28 00:29:15| Railroads - Topix.net
A Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd train hauling crude oil has derailed in western Minnesota, spilling up to 30,000 gallons of oil, Minnesota officials said on Wednesday.
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Train carrying oil derailed, Minnesota officials confirm
2013-03-27 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd train hauling crude oil has derailed in western Minnesota, spilling up to 30,000 gallons of oil, Minnesota officials said on Wednesday. The Otter Tail Sheriff's Department said 14 cars of the 94-car train derailed near Parkers Prairie on Wednesday morning, while officials at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said between 20,000 and 30,000 gallons of crude oil had leaked into a nearby ditch and field. "It is still leaking right now," Dan Olson, a spokesman...
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Austin, Minnesota: Where SPAM Began
2013-03-18 22:57:19| Food - Topix.net
T his is Minnesota and the town is Austin. But the name painted across the front of the Convention & Visitors Bureau is "SPAM Town USA," as well it should be.
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Hunger-Free Minnesota and General Mills Foundation Announce a $220,000...
2013-03-18 16:36:47| Agriculture - Topix.net
The grant will support Hunger-Free Minnesota's School Breakfast Initiative, a statewide effort aimed at increasing participation in the School Breakfast Program.
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