je.st
news
Tag: spilling
Train derails in Vancouver suburb spilling coal into creek
2014-01-11 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: A Canadian Pacific Railway train operated by a CN Rail crew derailed in Burnaby, B.C., sending seven cars off the tracks and spilling coal into a creek that feeds into a lake. Emily Hamer, a spokeswoman for CN, said the train went off the tracks Saturday morning and that three of the cars were lying on their sides while four remained upright. Hamer said she could not say how much of the coal went into the water near Burnaby Lake. She said she also did not know whether CP or CN, which owns...
Tags: train
creek
vancouver
coal
Train derails at Port of Tampa, spilling ethanol
2013-07-25 18:56:01| Railroads - Topix.net
Firefighters in Florida are working with CSX Transportation officials to upright 10 toppled train cars that derailed at the Port of Tampa.
Tags: port
train
tampa
ethanol
Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Still Spilling After Nearly a Decade
2013-06-04 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The 2013 hurricane season is now upon us, and it`s predicted to be a doozy this year. Which got us to thinking ... Remember that strange, persistent little oil slick about 12 miles offshore that SkyTruth discovered on satellite imagery during the BP oil spill in 2010, that was not related to BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster? Remember how SouthWings flew photographer J. Henry Fair out there and came across a deepwater drill rig with a miles-long oil slick next to it? When we published this, an...
Tags: mexico
nearly
oil
decade
Train Hauling Canadian Oil Derails in Minnesota, Spilling 30,000 Gallons of Crude
2013-03-28 06:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 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 leak - the first major spill of the modern North American crude-by-rail transit boom - came when 14 cars on a 94-car Canadian Pacific train left the tracks about 150 miles north west of Minneapolis near the town of Parkers Prairie, the Otter Tail Sheriff's Department said. Canadian Pacific...
Tags: oil
train
canadian
minnesota
Tell Attorney General Holder: No Tax Write-Offs for BP for Spilling Oil
2013-03-01 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: BP may get a gift from the government for spilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico and we need your help to cut the deal off at the pass. BP is finally in court with the federal government and a number of affected states in order to determine the fines and penalties they will have to pay as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. Great news, right? Well, unfortunately, word has come out that the Department of Justice may be offering BP a sweetheart settlement deal that...
Tags: general
tax
oil
attorney