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Firefighters Train for Rail Line Chemical Spill
2015-05-16 14:07:24| Railroads - Topix.net
Firefighters underwent some very important training in downtown Rochester Friday afternoon. The HAZMAT team practiced responding to a chemical spill on the Canadian Pacific Railway rail line, with help from rail and Chlorine Institute officials.
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Prosecutors: Duke Energy ignored warnings before ash spill
2015-05-15 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News and Observer: A federal judge ordered Duke Energy to pay a record $102 million criminal penalty Thursday for a humbling litany of ignored warnings that preceded last years coal ash spill into the Dan River. The penalty is the largest criminal fine in North Carolinas federal courts, Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard said in accepting a plea agreement between Duke and prosecutors. It is our hope this prosecution speaks loudly, said U.S. Attorney Thomas Walker of Raleigh, whose office convened the...
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Prosecutors: Duke Energy could have avoided Dan River spill
2015-05-15 10:56:18| Energy - Topix.net
Two years before the massive February 2014 spill at a Duke ash dump in Eden coated 70 miles of the Dan River in gray sludge, engineers at the plant twice requested $20,000 from company headquarters to use a robotic camera to inspect aging drainage pipes, including the one that later collapsed, triggering the disaster. Prosecutors said Duke executives denied the request both times, even after a top manager at the plant personally pleaded for the money to inspect the pipes.
Michigan, company reach broad deal on improvements and future work tied to 2010 oil spill
2015-05-13 11:48:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The state of Michigan and an energy company have filed a sweeping settlement related to a 2010 oil spill that spoiled miles of the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge Energy has agreed to restore or create 300 acres of wetlands in the Kalamazoo River watershed in southwestern Michigan.
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BP Wins Right to Appeal Some Gulf Spill Damages Claims
2015-05-12 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuers: A U.S. federal appeals court said on Friday BP Plc deserves the right to appellate review of some damage claims awarded to people and businesses in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans could help BP limit its payout to victims of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill. BP originally expected to pay $7.8 billion to resolve claims...
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