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Cleanup after Texas oil spill causes disruption major waterway
2014-03-23 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic on Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships. A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil collided with a ship on Saturday afternoon, springing a leak. Officials believe only one of the barge's tanks which holds 168,000 gallons, was breached, though Coast Guard Petty Officer...
Crews Mopping Up Oil Spill In Texas' Galveston Bay
2014-03-23 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil in Galveston Bay continued Sunday, a day after a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of fuel collided with a ship. Crews are skimming oil out of the water and booms have been brought in to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the Houston shipping channel, Coast Guard Petty Officer Andy Kendrick said Sunday morning. The area is a popular bird habitat, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season, and Kendrick said there...
Crews try to contain oil spill in Texas' Galveston Bay as peak bird migration season nears
2014-03-23 06:13:20| Appliances - Topix.net
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of especially thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat as the peak of the migratory shorebird season was approaching.
Spill response 'inadequate' for tar sands crude on Great Lakes
2014-03-23 05:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cap Times: Oil that sinks is hard to clean up. That was the big lesson after energy giant Enbridge's pipeline burst, causing oil to flow into Michigan's Kalamazoo River in 2010, some 75 miles from where it empties into Lake Michigan. After more than three years and a billion dollars, oil remains in the river. So a refinery's proposal to ship heavy crude oil from Superior across the Great Lakes has emergency responders gearing up to bolster gaps in current oil spill response plans. And the gaps are...
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Prosecutors ask $197M fine for CITGO in 2006 spill
2014-03-23 01:19:38| Energy - Topix.net
The Advocate reports the Justice Department argued in court filings this month that the legal maximum penalty hovers around $232 million and an appropriate penalty for Houston-based Citgo should be no less than $197 million.
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