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Oil spill response 'inadequate' on Great Lakes
2014-03-22 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Green Bay Press Gazette: Oil that sinks is hard to clean up. That was the big lesson after energy giant Enbridges pipeline burst, causing oil to flow into Michigans Kalamazoo River in 2010, some 75 miles from where it empties into Lake Michigan. After more than three years and a billion dollars, oil remains in the river. So a refinerys proposal to ship heavy crude oil from Superior across the Great Lakes has emergency responders gearing up to bolster gaps in current oil spill response plans. And the gaps are substantial,...
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Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears
2014-03-03 17:20:21| Energy - Topix.net
A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer's delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears
2014-03-03 17:07:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer's delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Lingers on Alaska Beaches
2014-03-02 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The Exxon Valdez oil spill is not just an awful memory. Oil from one of the most devastating environmental disasters in U.S. history still clings to boulder-strewn beaches in the Gulf of Alaska-and could stick around for decades. Researchers presented evidence of a lingering, foamy, mousse-like emulsion this week at the Ocean Sciences meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. Chemical analyses find that this 25-year-old oil is from the Exxon Valdez spill, when the tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince...
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Keystone pipeline foes create 'human oil spill' at rally; hundreds arrested
2014-03-02 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Hundreds of students and youth organizers were arrested outside the White House Sunday as they protested against the Keystone XL pipeline under review by the Obama administration. Some demonstrators zip-tied their hands to the White House fence, and others acted out a "human oil spill," lying on black tarps in front of the White House. Nearly a thousand students began their march at Georgetown University and proceeded to the outside of Secretary of State John Kerry's Washington home, where...
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