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Prosecutors ask $197M fine for CITGO in 2006 spill
2014-03-23 01:12:32| Oil & Gas - 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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Oil spill response 'inadequate' on Great Lakes
2014-03-22 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Green Bay Press Gazette: Oil that sinks is hard to clean up. That was the big lesson after energy giant Enbridges pipeline burst, causing oil to flow into Michigans 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 refinerys 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 substantial,...
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E.P.A. Agrees to Join North Carolina in Reviewing Spill
2014-03-22 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The federal Environmental Protection Agency will join North Carolina regulators in addressing potential violations of the Clean Water Act at Duke Energy power plants, including a massive spill of toxic coal ash last month in the Dan River, state officials said on Friday. The secretary of the states Department of Environment and Natural Resources, John Skvarla, invited the federal agencys participation and coordination in a March 14 letter to the head of its regional office, the state department...
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North Carolina to withdraw Duke Energy settlement over coal ash spill
2014-03-21 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: North Carolina regulators say they have asked a judge to withdraw a proposed settlement that would have allowed Duke Energy to resolve environmental violations by paying a $99,000 fine with no requirement that the $50bn company clean up its pollution. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said in a statement on Friday that it would scuttle the proposed consent order to settle violations for groundwater contamination leeching from coal ash dumps near Charlotte and Asheville....
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300 pounds of tar balls from BP spill discovered on Ship, Horn islands
2014-03-21 22:46:53| Waste Management - Topix.net
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALD/2010 Cleanup crews work to remove tar balls and patties that washed ashore in Long Beach on Wednesday, July 7 2010.
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