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Keeping Secrets Has Been Exxon's Default in Ark. Oil Spill Case
2014-03-28 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Sometime before April 7, ExxonMobil will finally tell regulators and the public why its 1940s-era Pegasus oil pipeline split open in Mayflower, Ark. last March, spilling thick Canadian dilbit into a neighborhood and nearby cove. Will Exxon just send out a statement announcing its conclusions about the cause or causes of the Pegasus spill? Or will it also make public the details and supporting evidence behind its determination? If Exxon doesnt provide those details, will they be made available by...
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Barge operator Kirby faces long legal haul over Galveston spill
2014-03-28 00:02:07| Appliances - Topix.net
Resolving legal issues arising from the Galveston Bay oil spill that shut traffic at the Houston Ship Channel for days will require years of litigation and cost tens of millions of dollars , experts say.
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U.S. Senators request meeting w BP after Lake Michigan oil spill
2014-03-27 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More oil than previously thought may have leaked into Lake Michigan this week from BP Plc's Indiana refinery, the company said on Thursday, after two U.S. Senators requested a meeting with the British oil major. The request from Senators Mark Kirk, a Republican and Dick Durbin, a Democrat, both from Illinois, came before BP issued its estimate that between 15 and 39 barrels of oil had spilled - more than an earlier assessment that nine to 18 barrels leaked on Monday. The Senators asked for details...
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Coal Ash Spill Leaves Most North Carolina Voters Craving Stronger Environmental Leadership
2014-03-26 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After polling North Carolina voters for three days, the Sierra Club and Hart Research Associates concluded that residents lack confidence in their state leaders after Duke Energys coal ash spill in February. Nearly three-quarters of voters say the incident makes them want stronger regulations and enforcement from future candidates, and the results show no difference along partisan lines. As Hart began conducting the survey on March 10, the Waterkeeper Alliance flew over the Duke Energy Cape...
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Texas Oil Spill Expected to Get Much Worse for Wildlife
2014-03-26 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The oil spill off the coast of Galveston, TX, has the potential to get a lot worse than previously expected. The 168,000 gallons of thick, sludgy fuel oil that escaped a bargewhose hull was breached after a collision with another shipis proving extremely difficult to contain. As of yesterday morning, oil was reported as far as 12 miles from the site of the collision. From the start, wildlife experts have said this spill could not have been in a more sensitive spot in Galveston Bay. The area,...
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