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Persisting Impact of Ark. Oil Spill Tears Community and Family Fabric
2013-08-08 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Arkansas Times: Part 2 of a two-part series on the residents of Mayflower, Ark., who live a short distance from the homes that were evacuated after Exxon's oil spill and who feel neglected. Read Part 1. MAYFLOWER, Ark.The Pegasus pipeline runs between Illinois and Texas, over streams, under rivers, through wilds, and under relatively few homes. The fact that it split open underneath a housing development was a twist of bad luck. An independent forensic metallurgical report on the faulty stretch of pipe made note...
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Enbridge Begins Oil Spill Dredging on Kalamazoo River
2013-08-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Enbridges dredging project is under construction on the Kalamazoo River. The company is following an EPA mandated order that they remove more contaminated sediment from certain areas of the river. Ebridge is creating a pad or containment area to filter sediment in the Ceresco Dam area in preparation for dredging operations that could begin as early as Monday in that portion of the river. Wednesday, Enbridge was clearing a boat launch at the 17-acre site that will be an entry point for a number...
Thai Oil Spill Spreads, Cleanup Continues
2013-08-01 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Crude oil that spilled from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday has blackened the majority of coral reefs near Koh Samet island`s Ao Phrao Beach and has spread to smaller islands nearby, according to local officials. Around 50,000 liters (420 barrels) of crude oil spilled into the sea from a pipeline unloading an oil tanker around 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province and 230 km (140 miles) southeast of the Thai capital, Bangkok. Ao Phrao Beach, famous for its...
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Oil spill in Gulf of Thailand impacts tourism
2013-08-01 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A major oil spill incident that leaked about 50,000 litres of crude oil into the Gulf of Thailand, from a pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical on 27 July, has severely impacted the region's tourism and fishing industry.
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Thai Oil Spill Having "Extreme" Impact on Tourism
2013-07-31 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday. Tourists were pouring off the island of Koh Samet, 230 km (142 miles) southeast of Bangkok, while soldiers and volunteers in white bio-hazard suits struggled to clear black oily sludge off the white sand. "We're working to move visitors to other locations if they...
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