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Illinois Attorney General files lawsuit, injunction against UP for oil spill

2015-06-01 20:56:56| Railroads - Topix.net

CHICAGO - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit and a motion for preliminary injunction in Champaign County Circuit Court against Delaware-based Union Pacific Railroad Company after a southbound train spilled diesel fuel near the village of Sidney earlier this month. The lawsuit and motion seek to require Union Pacific to prevent additional diesel fuel from contaminating soil, air and groundwater, and leaking into nearby water sources.

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Newberg fined for spill

2015-05-29 19:28:01| Waste Management - Topix.net

The state Department of Environmental Quality has slapped the city of Newberg with a $12,800 fine for a February sewage spill. More than 23,800 gallons of raw sewage were discharged into Chehalem Creek from the Andews Pump Station at 620 Andrews Street.

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Federal government orders pipeline company clean California oil spill

2015-05-28 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The federal government on Wednesday ordered a company at the center of a Southern California oil spill to continue its efforts to clean up the pipeline breach that dumped crude onto a pristine stretch of shoreline and into the Pacific Ocean. The order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Coast Guard also requires Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline to submit a written plan by June 6 that will outline measures for analyzing the spill's effects on the environment. The...

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California oil spill cited by foes of new offshore drilling plan

2015-05-28 00:19:16| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Environmentalists urged California regulators on Wednesday to reject a proposed expansion of the only offshore drilling operation still permitted in state waters along the Santa Barbara coastline, seizing on public outrage over last week's nearby oil spill. Privately owned Venoco Inc is seeking permission to drill on 3,400 acres of the sea floor within a state-designated coastal sanctuary adjacent to the company's current offshore lease site.

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