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Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists
2013-02-27 23:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Does the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB) have a crystal ball we didnt know about? Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000 gallons (or 550 barrels) of oil into local East Texas waterways. Deep East Texas is known for its creeks and lakes, freshwater eco-systems and aquifers that provide water to the eastern part of the state, including mega-cities Dallas and Houston. But oil companies treat these forests and waterways as collateral damage....
UPDATE 2-Alberta regulator says Plains ignored spill alarms
2013-02-27 11:27:34| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Employees at Plains All American Pipeline LP's Canadian unit disregarded leak alarms and restarted a ruptured oil pipeline as they caused one of the worst oil spills in Alberta's history, a report issued by the province's pipeline regulator found.
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BP denies sole blame for Gulf spill
2013-02-27 10:42:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A BP executive tells a US court the oil giant was not solely responsible for the 2010 oil spill, on the second day of a trial to determine liability.
Gulf spill trial kicks off with BP facing accusations of 'gross negligence'
2013-02-26 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: BP yesterday faced a series of accusations that it was guilty of "corporate recklessness" in the run-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 oil rig workers and led to the biggest oil spill in US history. The first day of the long-awaited civil trial against BP and its partners, Transocean, and Halliburton saw the companies face a series of claims that they were guilty of "gross negligence and wilful misconduct" and are therefore eligible for punitive damages. The complex...
BP, contractors start trial for worst US offshore spill
2013-02-26 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A long-awaited trial over the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill began on Monday, with governments, businesses and individuals blaming BP Plc mostly for the 2010 disaster that killed 11 rig workers and spilled 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. "Not only was it within BP's power to prevent the tragedy, it was its responsibility," Mike Underhill, a U.S. Justice Department trial attorney, said at the trial over legal culpability for the blowout and spill. The trial is being held with...
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