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TransCanada Acknowledges Tar Sands Oil Could Sink If Spilled

2013-08-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EnergyWire: In comments released yesterday by the State Department, TransCanada Corp. acknowledged a possibility that opponents of Keystone XL have long used against the project: The heavy oil sands crude that would run through the controversial pipeline, if spilled in water, could sink below the surface. The TransCanada acknowledgment, tucked inside a 51-page list of proposed changes to State's March draft environmental review of KXL, came with caveats amid a suggestion that the government alter its reference...

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43K gallons of chemicals spilled in train derailment

2013-08-13 12:45:55| Railroads - Topix.net

An estimated 43,000 gallons of chemicals spilled into the Lawtell area following last week's train derailment, enough to fill two backyard swimming pools.

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Canada: 1.5 Million Gallons of Crude Oil Spilled in Quebec Town

2013-07-23 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Montreal Gazette: It might take weeks before the extent of the damage from the July 6 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic is known, but 16 days after a train carrying crude oil crashed into the heart of Lac-Mégantic, the provincial government has revealed just how much oil appears to have been spilled. There were 7.2 million litres of light crude oil aboard the ill-fated Montreal Main & Atlantic Railway train, but Quebecs Department of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks says about 5.7 million litres were...

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