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Duke Energy CEO gets hefty pay raise 1 year after massive coal ash spill
2015-06-30 07:28:08| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy's board of directors has voted to bump CEO Lynn Good's salary above $1.2 million, calling her performance 'exemplary' just a year after a Duke coal ash spill filled 70 miles of a North Carolina river with toxic heavy metals. In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Duke Energy president and CEO Lynn Good gestures as she speaks to a business group during a luncheon in Charlotte, N.C. Good is getting a raise a year after the country's largest electric company confronted a coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river in sludge containing toxic heavy metals, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday, June 29, 2015.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects BP, Anadarko over Deepwater Horizon spill penalties
2015-06-29 19:14:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this April 21, 2010 file handout image. The high court left in place a June 2014 ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the companies were liable for civil penalties under the federal Clean Water Act.
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Justices won't hear appeal from BP, Anadarko over Gulf spill
2015-06-29 18:08:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a Massachusetts home over the weekend, killing all three people on board, calmly told an air traffic controller he has no engine power and is gliding in the minutes... The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a Massachusetts home over the weekend, killing all three people on board, calmly told an air traffic controller he has no engine power and is gliding in the minutes before impact.
Justices wona t hear appeal from BP, Anadarko over Gulf spill
2015-06-29 16:05:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Supreme Court won't hear appeals from BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. over Clean Water Act fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that said the owners of the blown-out Macondo well could not avoid federal fines for the spill by blaming another company's failed equipment.
California oil spill cleanup continues as state may allow expanded production
2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Just over a month after California experienced its worst oil spill in decades, the state is considering allowing a company to triple its oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara and run the oil through the same pipeline that leaked on 19 May. Both oil producers Venoco and ExxonMobil had to halt operations in the region this week as crews continued repairing the ruptured pipeline and cleaning the beaches surrounding it. But that didnt stop regulators at the State Lands Commission from holding...
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