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U.S. allows partial restart of Exxon pipeline a year after spill
2014-03-31 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.S. regulator on Monday allowed Exxon Mobil Corp to restart operations on the Texas leg of its Pegasus pipeline, which spilled thousands of barrels of oil into a residential area in Arkansas last year. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) approved Exxon's restart plan for a 210-mile (338-km) stretch of the pipeline from Corsicana to Nederland at 80 percent of the operating pressure in place before the March 29, 2013 incident in the small town of Mayflower, Arkansas....
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Crash Course: Oil spill reveals dangers of increased Houston Ship Channel congestion
2014-03-28 20:50:10| Appliances - Topix.net
About 168,000 gallons of oil were spilled into the Houston Ship Channel on March 22 after two barges collided.
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Australia: Santos investigated another toxic water spill coal seam gas plant
2014-03-28 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Coal seam gas company Santos has experienced another spill of waste water at a NSW gas field. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said it was investigating the release of around 500 litres of produced water which entered a diversion drain at Santoss Narrabri gas field on Tuesday. The EPA said the diversion drain was blocked to prevent the water leaving the site, with the liquid returned to a containment pond. The Greens have called the water toxic, although the EPA said it was...
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British Petroleum Doubles Size Estimate Of Lake Michigan Oil Spill
2014-03-28 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Opposing Views: Just days after announcing that a leak, which spilled oil into Lake Michigan, had been stopped and the oil contained, British Petroleum doubled its estimate of the size of the spill. The leak was discovered Monday, according to a Chicago Tribune story, and cleanup crews went into action to contain the spill. NPR quoted a BP press release describing the cleanup efforts. "Lines of boom have been deployed to contain the oil and wind has blown oil toward the shore, where crews are vacuuming...
One Year After Exxon's Arkansas Spill, 8 Crucial Questions Still Unanswered
2014-03-28 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: It's been a year since a broken oil pipeline sent an estimated 210,000 gallons of Canadian dilbit into an Arkansas neighborhood, but there's still a long list of unknowns about the spill. The most critical mystery yet to be resolved for the public: What caused ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline to break apart March 29 while the line was running well below its maximum approved pressure? All the public knows now is that a metallurgical report concluded that substandard pipe-making methods left tiny cracks...
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