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December 31, 2011
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Always Put The Paint In the Boot…….

Note to self:  Always put the paint in the boot!!!

The people in the blue car had a 25-litre (5 gallon) bucket of paint on the
back seat when they had the accident.


The ambulance driver wouldn’t let the female paramedic out of the ambulance
Because she couldn’t stop laughing — he said it wasn’t professional.

He treated the sad looking driver – apparently, he was overcome with emulsion.

December 31, 2011
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chemical spill

 

Chemical Spill Reported at GE in Fairfield
The Daily Fairfield
A chemical spill at General Electric’s Fairfield headquarters leaked 500 gallons of nonhazardous materials Thursday evening, according to the Fairfield Fire Department. The fluids drained from a broken pipe in the corporation’s utilities area into the …
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Chemical spill under cleanup downtown
SignOnSanDiego.com
SAN DIEGO — A hazardous chemical leaking from a tractor-trailer rig at 10th Avenue and B Street in downtown San Diego Friday morning prompted some road closures and a big cleanup effort. A brown liquid was flowing from a tank inside the truck’s …
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Chemical spill near SeaWorld
KFMB
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – A chemical spill near the entrance to SeaWorld forced the closure of a roadway Friday afternoon. It happened on SeaWorld Drive. According to a Chopper 8 report, a truck reportedly spilled a small amount of a pool cleaning chemical …
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Spill 911, Inc. Introduces EcoTech™ Pads and Rolls to Product Selection
PR Web (press release)
When a spill, no matter how small, occurs, quick and efficient cleanup is the proper procedure. If a chemical, oil, or solvent spills, the liquid can migrate across the floor or ground to a drain, where it enters the water supply and soon may …
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400 Gal. Of Concrete Hardener Spills In Downtown
KGTV San Diego
The tanks leaked about 500 gallons of the chemical used to set concrete. It flowed to Ninth Avenue and C Street, where crews were working to contain the spill, Swanson said. City crews were called to bring in sand to soak up the chemical, Swanson said. …
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Bonga spill: Environmentalist calls for complete clean-up
The Nation Newspaper
The environmentalist called for continuous watch and monitor, so that the Bonga spill does not cause more problems. He said: “The spill has been dispersed. The company (SPDC) explained to us that it used dispersant, which is a chemical material, …
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Nitric acid spill reported at Eastman Business Park
Rochester Business Journal
This week Eastman Business Park released its most recent sustainability report, highlighting improvements the industrial complex made in 2010 during its ongoing transition from a chemical to a clean technology facility. Eastman Business Park occupies …
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Green science
Camarillo Acorn
MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers In the spring of 2010, Joan Hart and Kim Wang watched the evening news in dismay as the BP oil spill blanketed the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Mesa High School students realized that Gulf Coast residents were struggling to …
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US 52, Schuyler intersection reopens following tanker crash
Journal and Courier
By Mark Felix/Journal & Courier Lafayette police are reopening the intersection of US 52 and Schuyler Avenue this evening following an incident involving an overturned chemical tanker, dispatchers said. Authorites were working to reopen the …
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A Gulf Chorus Fights BP’s PR War
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
What if BP decided to tell the stories of families suffering from debilitating health problems they blame on the crude and chemical dispersants, oil that still mysteriously bubbles up near BP’s Macondo well 40 miles offshore? …
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Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)

Tanker creates bottleneck
Journal and Courier
(By Mark Felix/Journal & Courier) When Kevin Dolick saw a chemical tanker overturn at the intersection of US 52 and Schuyler Avenue Friday afternoon his instincts kicked in. The shift leader at the nearby Village Pantry Marathon immediately ran to the …
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Tide’s title is top story of 2011
Picayune Item
A cleanup of the dead fish and restocking cost the company $250000 and it was fined $100000 for the chemical spill into the river, and authorities by last month said the company was still under a criminal investigation. No. 3: Supervisors at the first …
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Disasters, disease top list of threats to Sweden
The Local.se
MSB also highlights to potential threat to Sweden’s food and water supply that could come due to a chemical spill in lakes such as Vänern, Vättern and Mälaren. “These are threats that could have very serious consequences. They can lead to situations …
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December 31, 2011
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oil spill

 

 

Brazil cites Chevron third time for oil spill
Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s oil industry watchdog ANP said on Friday it issued a third citation against Chevron for a November oil spill at the Frade offshore field, signaling that regulators are stepping up oversight of the No. …
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‘Bonga Oil Spill Like Gulf Of Mexico’s’
Leadership Newspapers
That is where the latest oil spill allegedly took place at a facility belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas supermajor, Shell. The crude oil spill spread to the community environment. The slick was sighted close to the coastline of Odioama and along …
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Leadership Newspapers

Criminal Charges in Oil Spill
NBC Los Angeles
Crimson Pipeline Management caused a 2010 oil spill and failed to report it in a timely manner. By Sharon Bernstein Is the way we select our judges the best way to arrive at a judiciary chosen from a wide spectrum of the population? …
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Brazil Oil Regulator Fines Chevron for Third Time for Spill
BusinessWeek
The regulator took action against Chevron in November for not complying with a plan to close down the well and not providing complete videos of the oil spill. Each of the first two fines may be as much as 50 million reais ($26 million,) Magda …
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CNOOC’s fund not for Bohai oil spill
China Daily
BEIJING – China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) said Friday that its future marine environmental fund has “no direct link” with the compensation fund launched by its US partner ConocoPhillips following severe oil spills in Bohai Bay. …
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Prosecutors Prepare First Criminal Charges in BP Oil Spill
Beacon Equity Research
Prosecutors in the US are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP Plc (ADR) (NYSE: BP) employees for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 workers and led to worst offshore oil spill in the US …
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Beacon Equity Research

Has BP $30 million splurge been well-spent?
Palm Beach Post (blog)
by Opinion Staff The Associate Press reports that Florida Panhandle officials made a series of eyebrow-raising purchases with $30 million BP gave them earlier this year to help tourism recover from 2010′s disastrous Gulf oil spill. …
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Palm Beach Post (blog)

A deadly poison created by mixing sunlight and oil in shallow water
io9
While a huge body of research has been done on the immense oil spill in the Gulf Coast, another, smaller, spill in the San Francisco Bay has shown not only that we don’t know much about how different types of oil behave in the environment — but also …
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Coastguard Aparri assures no oil spill from capsized vessel
Philippine Information Agency
Chief petty officer Ernesto Renon said they constantly monitor the capsized vessel’s condition and they don’t see any signs of oil spill or any cause of danger to the marine lives; but, he also admitted that if the vessel will remain in the area few …
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BP touts progress ahead of oil spill’s two-year anniversary
PRWeek
The oil company unveiled a multifaceted campaign to update the public on its progress in restoring the Gulf Coast region as the second anniversary of the accidents nears. The largest part of the effort is a nationwide TV advertising campaign featuring …
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WEEKEND EXTRA: Pipelines will fuel plenty of talk
Vancouver Sun
In the eyes of many environmentalists and first nations communities, however, the project represents the risk of a major oil spill — either from pipeline rupture or a tanker accident off British Columbia’s pristine north coast. …
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Energy Department predicted the 2011 boom in US fuel exports
Los Angeles Times
The 2011 Argus Americas Crude Summit, held in Houston last January, was named “Life After Macondo” and focused on the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But American consumers might have been far more interested in a presentation that …
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IBM, Chevron, Boeing: Dow Losers
TheStreet.com
Chevron, though, continues to face a string of negative headlines resulting from an offshore oil spill in Brazil which will carry over into 2012. On Friday, it was hit with a third fine by Brazil’s oil watchdog, ANP, for the November spill in its Frade …
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Report: Dept of Justice planning charges in BP Deepwater disaster
AMERICAblog (blog)
The US Attorney-General Eric Holder announced a criminal investigation at the height of the public outcry over the spill, which sent BP shares plunging and even called into question whether it could survive as a company. To date, the British oil giant …
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Brazil slaps new fine on Chevron
Sacramento Bee
Chevron has been fined 10 million reals ($5.4 million) for allegedly breaching its environmental license and 50 million reals ($27 million) for the oil spill. Oil began leaking on Nov.7 from the well about off the northeastern coast of Rio de Janeiro …
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Sun-oil mix deadly for young herring
Science News
Carol Vines, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory A lethal combination of oil and sunlight proved unexpectedly toxic to herring embryos after a 2007 fuel spill in San Francisco Bay, virtually disintegrating the developing fish in the water. …
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Oil Prices to Hinge on Economy, Hofmeister Says
Bloomberg
Hofmeister, speaking with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop,” also discusses the importance of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the possibility that BP Plc staff may face criminal charges over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. …
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The Year in Review
Gulf Coast Newspapers
Trip Pittman (R-Montrose) for oil spill clean-up work following the BP oil rig explosion had been rumored since late 2010. But it was confirmed when The Courier reported on Sept. 17 that grand jury subpoenas had been served two days earlier on Mayor …
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Gulf Coast Newspapers

Business news in brief
STLtoday.com
Chevron has been fined $5.4 million for allegedly breaching its environmental license and $27 million for the oil spill. Oil began leaking on Nov.7 from the well about off the northeastern coast of Rio de Janeiro state. Chinese manufacturing contracts …
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LSU’s run to BCS title game tops list
Houma Courier
Area fishermen also had a reason to celebrate as the summer fishing rodeo season was in full swing after a one-year hiatus because of the BP oil spill. State championships and coaching changes also highlighted the local sports scene in 2011. …
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Beyonce Baby Rumors Are Rampant
The Root
Criminal charges prepared for BP oil spill: Prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against BP PLC employees after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that claimed the lives of 11 workers and went down as the worst offshore oil spill in US history. …
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BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
BusinessWeek
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and MELISSA NELSON Officials in the Florida Panhandle have spent tens of millions of dollars of BP’s money on a mix of eye-raising purchases that were meant to help restore the area’s tourism industry a year after the Gulf oil spill. …
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The Verdict: Criminal Charges Coming to BP?
MyFox Detroit
(WJBK) – FOX 2 legal analyst Charlie Langton joined us to explain why there’s a possibility several BP employees could face criminal charges stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Plus, a local Huntington Woods man is taking a neighbor to court over …
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China Accepts $78M Lawsuit Against ConocoPhilips (COP) Tied to Bohai Bay Spill
StreetInsider.com (subscription)
The incident in June, which caused 3343 barrels of oil spill into Bohai Bay, also caused Chinese authorities to halt production in one of China’s largest offshore sites, potentially lasting into 2012. Conoco has tried to fight the accusations, …
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Finance Companies Deflect BP Trial; Obama Nominates Fed’s Board Vacancies
Retirement Planning
by Sheena Festoon on December 30, 2011 The appeal to derail the February nonjury trial over which companies should be blamed for the 2010 BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by Cameron International Corp. lost. The said companies involved Barclays, …
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Retirement Planning

Stranded ship pushed ashore at Chennai port
Deccan Chronicle
—DC The severe cyclonic storm on Friday pushed ashore a stranded ship from the outer anchorage of Chennai Port Trust (CPT) into the INS Adyar area of the coast, near Marina beach, leading to apprehensions among the people of an oil spill and safety of …
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Deccan Chronicle

Why the Dow’s Sliding Today
Motley Fool
Oil prices were little changed, hanging just below the key $100 level but posting about a 9% gain for 2011. Chevron got bad news as Brazil imposed a third fine on the company following a November oil spill off the South American nation’s coast. …
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Nigeria: Bonga Oil Spill – FG Hasn’t Learnt From Gulf of Mexico Crisis – Activist
AllAfrica.com
Yenagoa — An activist, Mr. Osteen Igbapike, yesterday, expressed concern over the Bonga oil spill on the Atlantic fringe of Bayelsa State, saying that Nigeria has learnt nothing from the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spillage, and the response from the …
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2011 Sustains Greatest Disaster-Related Economic Losses in History
Justmeans
[4] But many of this year’s disasters were man-made, and they mainly stem from our continuing reliance on fossil fuel: the Yellowstone River oil spill in Montana, the Huizhou oil refinery explosion and the Bohai Bay oil spill in China, …
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New Zealand Votes for it’s Own Destruction
Scoop.co.nz
Even though the lessons from the Gulf of Mexico BP deep sea oil disaster proved that there is no way of coping with deep sea oil disasters. Even though they couldn’t cope with the recent oil spill from a freighter [the Rena] without destroying and …
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A relief and an inspiration on Dauphin Island (editorial)
Press-Register – al.com (blog)
THE GULF Coast has lost many things to hurricanes, the oil spill and the recession, and the Isle Dauphine Golf Club appeared to be one of them. On Dec. 19, the beautiful beachside course was shut down because the Dauphin Island Property Owners …
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Press-Register – al.com (blog)

The Oil That Comes in from the Cold
Inter Press Service
Scientists like Peter Wadhams of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK, have warned how difficult, if not impossible, it would be to deal with a catastrophic oil spill in the Arctic like the one that occurred in the Gulf …
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NEW YEAR’S REFLECTIONS: City leaders assess the trials and triumphs of the …
Destin Log
If the oil spill defined 2010, what would you say the defining moment of 2011 was? Bagby: The tourists coming back in droves. The elasticity of our tourism appeal is amazing. Hines: We had a record tourist season and no serious weather issues in 2011. …
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Best of the Indy Blog 2011: tragedy
Missoula Independent (blog)
Alex Sakariassen wrote July 18 about an oil spill on the Blackfeet Reservation that initially went unreported. It occurred around the same time a larger ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured in the state. In March, Alex interviewed Brian McGrath, …
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Missoula Independent (blog)

Ring out the old: 2011 arduous year
Jackson Clarion Ledger
That “extreme weather,” whether one believes in manmade climate change or not, came on top other recent disasters such as the verifiably manmade BP oil spill that cast a stain on Mississippi’s economy during 2011. Then, there was the lasting and deep …
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Wind and Solar Projects Advance on a Fast Track
Wall Street Journal
In addition, tighter safety standards instituted after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010 have lengthened the time it takes for companies to get drilling approval in the Gulf of Mexico. The administration has allowed deep-water drilling to …
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AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST
Newsday
The Obama administration halted drilling and stopped issuing new permits after the explosion of a BP well killed 11 workers and caused the largest oil spill in US history. ___ Verizon Wireless reverses on plans to charge $2 for one-time payments by …
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Stories expected in Friday’s edition
Quincy Herald Whig
GULF OIL SPILL-SPENDING SPREE: In an effort to boost tourism, Florida Panhandle officials spend $30 million from BP after the Gulf oil spill to pay for towels and fleece blankets, a poker tournament and a massive Christmas display. …
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2011 Environmental Wrap Up
Webster Kirkwood Times
Assessment of damages from last year’s big BP oil spill off our Gulf Coast continues. Studies on the harmful effects of Japan’s Fukushima multiple nuclear plant meltdowns in March will literally take decades. Beyond the oil spills and nuclear …
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Webster Kirkwood Times

Year in review: US downgraded and desperate in 2011
New Zealand Herald
If 2010 was dominated by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, this year’s cause celebre was the Keystone XL pipeline, an ambitious scheme to ship crude oil from Canadian tarsands to the Texas Gulf. Proponents argued it would bestow “energy …
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December 31, 2011
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diesel leak

 

 

 

Jackknifed tractor-trailer snarled NC 55 Bypass in Holly Springs
News & Observer
No one was seriously injured, Andrews said. The truck was en route to a propane terminal to fill up; no gas leaked as a result of the accident, Andrews said. About 25 gallons of diesel fuel from the truck’s tanks did leak, he said. …
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December 31, 2011
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diesel spill

 

 

 

Crews continue to clean spilled fuel from Fox River
Chicago Sun-Times
AURORA — Cleanup crews continued their work vacuuming and soaking up diesel fuel flowing into the Fox River Thursday. The source of the spill was the Federal Aviation Administration facility at 619 W. Indian Trail, where diesel fuel overflowed through …
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No spill from grounded tugboat in Kingston
Kingston Community News
The 90-year-old boat, named Delanco, was carrying 300 gallons of diesel fuel at the time, but no spill is reported, according to the Washington Department of Ecology. 250 gallons were stored in barrels on the deck. It was sailing from Seattle to Port …
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AP Business NewsBrief at 11:48 p.m. EST
Insurance News Net (press release)
Deep Gulf drilling thrives 18 mos. after BP spill ALAMINOS CANYON BLOCK 857, GULF OF MEXICO (AP) _ Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas , ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean’s surface than ever before. …
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Response to Police Raid on OccBerkeley
Bay Area Indymedia
The Strawberry Creek diesel spill and foliage removal at People’s Park have not gone unnoticed. Sam Zell and Equity Residential are not unknown to Berkeley activists. The banks will continue to be a backdrop for protest. The city of Berkeley has the …
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December 31, 2011
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fuel leak

 

 

 

Driver charged with causing blasts in NY village
Wall Street Journal
Officials say 1200 gallons of gas leaked from the pump before police turned off the store’s power. The fuel flowed into the sewer system and sparked numerous explosions in the neighboring village of Fort Edward. No one was injured. …
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Vietnam checks gasoline quality amid rash of vehicular fires
Thanh Nien Daily
Vinh also told Tuoi Tre that although gasoline is flammable and can leak due to corrosive additives, it will not lead to a fire except when an ignition present. Denying that hot weather could burn the leaked fuel, the official said the ignition …
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Thanh Nien Daily

Japan’s Kyushu restarts oil unit earlier after repair
Reuters
26 after a boiler tube steam leak. The southern Japan company has maximised fossil fuel-fired power generation as all of its nuclear reactors are shut with no schedule for restart amid public concerns in the wake of the Fukushima atomic crisis. …
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Q&A: High-mileage Ford reluctant to start
Bellingham Herald
If the duty cycle is low, look for a vacuum leak. Q: My El Camino has an oil pressure gauge that flickers when you first turn on the key. The needle goes to max and then back to zero, where it quivers a bit. Once you start the car, the needle flickers …
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Timeline: Worst nuclear submarine incidents
Reuters
A 2002 report said a torpedo fuel leak caused the massive explosion. February 9, 2001 – The nuclear submarine USS Greeneville’s rudder tears through the Ehime Maru’s lower deck during a fast surface maneuver, sinking the Japanese fishing boat within …
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Preventing carbon monoxide leaks in your home
CTV.ca
If a leak is detected, paramedics said they use a cardiac monitor to see if there’s any carbon monoxide in a patient’s blood. “It’s passing a light through my blood, and it’s going to let me know how much carbon monoxide is circulating,” said Darryl …
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Plane Crash at Mansfield Airport
Patch.com
According to local sources, the problem arose because of a small fuel leak. The plane, named Jabiru Calypso, was registered to an Attleboro man, Paul LaFratta, said Jim Peters, a spokesman from the FAA. It is not yet known if he was the pilot of the …
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Devin McCourty, Patriots CB, talks about the matchup with the Bills on Sunday …
WEEI.com
One it would still be a little oil leak in the last regular season you know you you’re grateful for your body’s — helping me a little less. One of the big changes under the new collective bargaining agreement was the a limitation on padded practices …
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December 31, 2011
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fuel spill

 

 

Truck Crash, Fuel Spill Ties Up Hull Street Road Traffic
WRIC
A tractor trailer crash and subsequent fuel spill is causing a big traffic headache on Hull Street Road Friday afternoon. An 18-wheeler rear ended another tractor trailer in the 14000 block of Hull Street Road in the westbound lanes just after noon. …
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Pipelines will fuel plenty of talk
Vancouver Sun
In the eyes of many environmentalists and first nations communities, however, the project represents the risk of a major oil spill – either from pipeline rupture or a tanker accident off British Columbia’s pristine north coast. …
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Business Highlights
Washington Post (blog)
___ Deep Gulf drilling thrives 18 months after BP spill ALAMINOS CANYON BLOCK 857, GULF OF MEXICO — Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean’s surface than ever before. …
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Lewiston Hazmat team dispatched for reported spill
KLEW
The spill has been stabilized, and responders are capturing everything that is flowing into the river. Atkinson’s fuel bulk plant is nearby and investigators are looking into whether or not the spill is coming from the plant, but the exact source of …
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Hunt for Gas Hits Fragile Soil, and South Africans Fear Risks
Gainesville Sun
“It just takes one big spill, leaky pipe or crack underground that their studies didn’t catch, and a farm my family has run for four generations is done,” said Trenly Spence, 44, as he dug up a clogged irrigation pipe that carries water across his 3300 …
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The Business Matrix: Saturday 31 December 2011
The Independent
Brazil’s oil industry watchdog has issued a third citation against Chevron for a November spill at the Frade offshore field, signalling that regulators are stepping up oversight of the second-largest US oil company’s offshore operations in Brazil. …
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Fatal crash kills Lenox teen
Berkshire Eagle
The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and it ran off the road, hitting the tree head on. Tierney said it appears the gasoline line ruptured, causing the fuel to spill onto the hot engine, which caused the fire.
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December 31, 2011
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oil leak

 

 

Brazil ANP Indicts Chevron A Third Time Over Frade Oil Well Leak
NASDAQ
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil’s national oil industry regulator ANP said Friday it issued a third indictment to US oil producer Chevron Corp. ( CVX) after an oil well leak at Frade oil field in Brazil, which it operates. …
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China court accepts lawsuit against ConocoPhillips
Zee News
Beijing: A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought against US firm ConocoPhillips by a group of fishermen over an oil spill, state media said on Friday. The June leak released more than 3000 barrels of oil and oil-based mud — used as a …
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The lights stayed on
Allied News
By Felicia A. Petro/Allied News Senior Reporter GROVE CITY — A leak in Grove City Borough’s new transformer is what canceled a planned power outage on Sunday. Oil was coming from a tank in the transformer, but Borough Manager Vance Oakes said it didn …
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Scotland will need own SAS, warns colonel
Scotsman
Recently, a leak suggested that First Minister Alex Salmond wants Scotland to adopt a Nordic model with the country having its own army, navy and air force. But Col Farweather says it is only a matter of time before the SNP’s bluff is called on defence …
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Scotsman

Two Bugaboo recalls, plus exploding batteries and carbon monoxide from water …
ConsumerSearch Productopia (blog)
… model year 2011 Infiniti FX, model year 2012 Infiniti M, model year 2011-2012 Nissan Frontiers, XTerras and Pathfinders, and model year 2012 Nissan NV vehicles because the bolts that connect some engine parts may break, causing engine oil to leak. …
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Top 30 NZ PR Disasters of 2011
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Maui Gas Leak. TheMaui gas leak cuts power to over 5000 businesses in the North Island. 24. Michael Laws. Radio Talkback Host Michael Laws states that disability sports are ludicrous and that it is “crazy” paraolympians were eligible for Halberg Awards …
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UPI NewsTrack Business
UPI.com
… of what people think of Mr. Trump, it’s a good thing,” Millar said. Environmentalists claim the methods used to extract the oil and gas create massive greenhouse gas emissions and fear the pipeline leak could endanger major aquifers in Nebraska.
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In case you missed it, Kergin’s got you covered: Things you probably didn’t …
Omega
The schedule looks to leak into 2013, so while Keystone will probably have a decision before then, many local eyes will be looking at a line from Kitimat to north of Edmonton. As usual, the proponets of the project seem to be the oil industry, China, …
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End of year tourism study released
WMBF
Barrett said at the Dunes Village occupancy and rates were helped some this year by the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. He said some of the new attractions also helped. “The SkyWheel and all those new attractions help,” Barrett said. …
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Bottom of the harbour
The Australian
… two failed shale oil projects, an alumina refinery, aluminium smelter and cyanide factory for the gold industry. Nowadays, after tying his commuter boat to the pontoon, McVean likes to celebrate his triumph over bureaucracy by taking a leak into …
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2011: Osama killing, worldwide mass protests mark year
Expressindia.com
Mar 12: Tokyo: An explosion at a nuclear power plant in Japan destroys the building housing the reactor triggering radiation leaks under the impact of the massive quake and the tsunami it spawned which has left at least 1700 people dead or unaccounted …
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Power vents and power outages
Midland Daily News
Q. I have a huge picture window 12 feet long and 5 feet high with many real divided lights that leak wind seriously. How practical would an inside storm be? A.Buy acrylic sheets, maybe 1/8-inch thick and cut them into three pieces 50 inches wide and 62 …
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Raining drones?
CNN (blog)
In September 2010, a Predator crashed in Afghanistan’s mountains after an oil system malfunction caused a catastrophic leak leading to engine failure, according to an Air Force accident report. In November 2009, a “catastrophic” electrical system …
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Ford Targets 30 Percent Water Reduction Per Vehicle
PR Newswire (press release)
EOS allows Ford to track its plants’ performance of fundamental water reduction actions such as leak identification and repair, and cooling tower optimization at every manufacturing site worldwide. Further, Ford’s progress against its water reduction …
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Deep drilling thrives in Gulf
Winston-Salem Journal
The Obama administration halted drilling and stopped issuing new permits after the explosion of a BP well killed 11 workers and caused the largest oil leak in US history. The drilling moratorium was eventually lifted, however, and the administration …
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Health Matters: Play it ‘safe’ this winter to prevent injuries
Delco News Network
Schedule yearly maintenance on your heating system, stove and oven, or any other gas/oil-burning appliance in your home. If you do suspect a carbon monoxide leak and are feeling dizzy and nauseous, move all home occupants outdoors and seek medical …
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Viewpoint: Industrial firms that pollute our community should pay for the cleanup
Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com
I would ask our legislators to take a close look at the ongoing Fenner’s ditch leak and take action to finally stop it. Each of these contaminated sites has been an albatross around the neck of our community, and each is well worth the effort it has …
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Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com

Bill and Mat Pro/Con: Resolutions for the New Year
Santa Rosa Press Gazette
The Gulf Coast got its tourists back; a year after the Gulf Coast oil leak devastated the coast. And not only did the area get its tourists back, it got them back in record numbers. There is a lot to say about that. And then there is money. …
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December 31, 2011
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acid spill

 

 

 

Water from polluted pond still spilling into Edith
NTNews.com.au
Acid water containing copper and heavy metals is spilling from a flooded retaining pond at the Mount Todd mine into the river, which is used for irrigation, …

 

 

 

December 30, 2011
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diesel leak news

 

 

Clean-up under way in Fox River fuel leak
Chicago Tribune
AURORA, Ill.— Authorities in northern Illinois are dealing with a diesel fuel spill on the Fox River. Officials in Aurora say almost 1500 gallons of fuel leaked from a Federal Aviation Administration facility on Wednesday. The FAA says the fuel flowed …
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Fuel spill stretching across Fox River
WGNtv.com
Fifteen-hundred gallons of diesel fuel spills into the Fox River in Aurora and crews are racing right now to contain it. The fuel came from a federal facility, and started leaking early Wednesday morning. The spill entered the river at Sullivan Road, …
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Nigeria: Year 2011 – Not Quite Good for the Oil Industry
AllAfrica.com
However, the company said over 450000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) have been drained from an oil leak site at Isheri. Shell Nigeria said it shut its offshore Bonga oil field for maintenance. Within the month, the new Petroleum Products Pricing …
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A Year in Review:
Azle News
A diesel fuel leak at a local gas station causes Azle firefighters to rush to the scene to prevent a potential explosion. Jeffrey Lamar, 34, is sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death of former …
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Expert Guide to buying a Vauxhall Corsa
MSN Cars UK
Water pumps have been known to seize while exhausts break and leak too. In the main, it’s brakes, tyres and exhausts, all those easy to abuse and neglect items. At the very least get your Corsa MOT’d before you buy… Everyone wants a small, …
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2011 was big year for building in Cheney
Cheney Free Press (registration)
The spill was cleaned up and the Department of Ecology said it did not leak into ground water. Youth involved with the Civil Air Patrol and Naval Sea Cadet Corps participated in winter survival training at Camp Comia, located just north of Cheney. …
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