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December 30, 2011

diesel spill news

 

 

Major diesel fuel spill leaks into Fox River
Chicago Sun-Times
AURORA — Approximately 1500 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the Federal Aviation Administration facility at 619 W. Indian Trail Wednesday morning. The city of Aurora said the spill presents no danger to the public water supply.
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Recycling truck’s loose fuel cap leaves long diesel sheen in Bellingham
Bellingham Herald
BELLINGHAM – An SSC recycling truck with a loose fuel cap spilled diesel onto several streets in the Puget neighborhood Thursday morning, Dec. 29, creating a long fuel sheen that took more than six hours to clean up. Public works crews responded about
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Firefighters: Tar River Fuel Spill Contained
WCTI12.com
to discuss the type of fuel spilled and what type of environmental charges would be placed against a suspect. The EPA placed several flotation devices to soak up any leftover diesel fuel after cleaning up the fuel Thursday morning around 3am.
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Large Fuel Spill in Portsmouth
Patch.com
Firefighters were called to 155 Parrot Avenue, the site of the middle school, at 4:30 pm for a report that 30 gallons of diesel had been spilled on the ground. The fuel spilled from an outdoor construction heater. Most of it landed on asphalt and was
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Nine crashes in wet Waikato
NZ City
One person suffered head injuries in a crash on State Highway One at 7am in Taupiri. The road had to be closed because of a diesel spill. Waikato police spokesman Andrew McAlley says cars seem to be just falling off the road.
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Train engine derails in East Providence
Boston.com
The accident occurred at about 10:30 am The engine did not roll over or spill any diesel fuel at the site of the derailment, which is near the Seekonk River. A derailed box car obstructed traffic as crews responded to the scene.
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Clean-up under way for major diesel spill in Fox River
Morris Daily Herald
—Crews worked overnight to clean up a major spill of diesel fuel that made its way through storm sewers into the Fox River in Aurora. A 1.5 mile “sheen” on the river was reported, but Aurora spokesman Dan Ferrelli said this morning that “obvious
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Crews continue clean-up after fuel spill in Fox River
Chicago Sun-Times
Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media AURORA — Clean-up crews continued their work vacuuming and soaking up diesel oil flowing into the Fox River Thursday. The source of the spill was the Federal Aviation Administration facility at 619 W. Indian Trail,
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After Attawapiskat, what?
Toronto Star
In 1979, 30000 gallons of diesel fuel (the largest spill in Northern Ontario) leaked under the elementary school. The school was finally closed in 2001 because of ongoing health problems suffered by students and teachers. Ten years later, the federal
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December 30, 2011

fuel leak news

 

 

Man charged with hitting gas pump in Hudson Falls, causing fuel leak
YNN Hudson Valley
HUDSON FALLS, NY — Hudson Falls police said they have located the man who they said drove his car into a gas pump in Hudson Falls, sparking a large fuel leak and explosions Tuesday night. Hudson Falls Police Chief Randy Diamond said they used
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Furnace leaking water: What’s The Cause
Hartford Courant
Q: Why would a furnace leak water at the base? The filter is wet also. A: There could be a few reasons your furnace is leaking water, but let’s start with the most likely one: a condensation leak. High-efficiency furnaces those with an Annual Fuel
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Fuel continues to leak from grounded
bunkerworld (subscription)
Fuel continues to leak from a cargo ship that ran aground in New Zealand while container removal operations were proceeding as planned, according to the local maritime authority. The cargo ship M/V Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe reef near Tauranga
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Total sites still wet, fuel shortage not critical
BusinessLIVE
“We still have a significant delivery backlog to clear. We regret the inconvenience caused to our retailers and the public,” the company said. The fuel depot was shut down for safety reasons on Friday December 16 after a fuel leak at the site.
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BusinessLIVE

Russian nuclear submarine fire contained but not oout
BBC News
Officials said there was no radiation leak because the reactors had been shut down before repairs began. But nine people were injured fighting the fire. Another report said some crew members were currently on board the submarine.
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BBC News

Continued volatility predicted for gas prices
Tuscaloosa News
Also, oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico restarted in 2011 after the massive oil leak off the Gulf coast in 2010, Clark said. If the economy continues its slow improvement, demand for gas should rise, and the price at the pump would rise with demand,
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Police arrest man in connection with underground explosions in Fort Edward
The Saratogian
By PAUL POST HUDSON FALLS — A Gansevoort man has been charged for allegedly causing the gasoline leak that sparked underground explosions and forced hundreds of Fort Edward residents from their homes Tuesday night. Gary Vadnais, 51, of Route 50,
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Instead of Natural Gas Fracking, We Should Use Solar Power
PolicyMic
It also disperses more rapidly into the ambient air than natural gas which makes a leak far less dangerous. There are drawbacks to hydrogen however, as it’s a renewable resource it won’t run out, so there is no impetus to charge more over time.
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PolicyMic

14 killed in tanker-bus collision in Venezuela
China.org.cn
as Caracas’ Firefighters and Bolivarian National Police have arrived in the accident’s site to help the rescue work. Local media also reported that as a consequence of the collision, the tanker turned over and a fuel leak occurred, causing the fire.
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Make working smoke alarms your New Year’s resolution
Nashoba Publishing
If you suspect a leak, move outdoors without touching anything like a light switch and contact the local fire department immediately. Make sure to check on elderly neighbors regularly in the cold months. For more information on winter heating and fire
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DOE report on Idaho lab radiation leak due in January
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (subscription)
On Nov. 8, workers in the Materials and Fuels Complex were exposed to a fuel plate containing plutonium. At least one worker inhaled plutonium when co-workers opened a small container and cut through a plastic sheet, exposing the plate.
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Xinhua’s top 10 world news events in 2011
BusinessGhana
TSUNAMI, NUCLEAR LEAK AFTER POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN On March 11, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s northeastern coast and triggered a huge tsunami, killing 15645 people and leaving 4984 others missing. The crisis also caused radioactive
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December 30, 2011

oil leak news

 

 

 

‘NIMASA will rely on IMO provisions to deal with Bonga oil spill
The Nation Newspaper
By Uyoatta Eshiet 9 hours 13 minutes ago The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said it would apply relevant sections of the International Maritime Organisaion’s (IMO) provisions in dealing with the BONGA oil spill.
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WSJ: BP Execs May Face Criminal Charges Over Spill
ABC News (blog)
The gulf oil leak wasn’t the first BP related disaster in waiting. They accumulated more safety violations then any other oil company as I recall BEFORE the gulf incident. BTW, please accept our heart felt thanks for giving Madonna a visa.
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2011-’12 Suzuki Equator Recalled for Possible Engine Oil Leak
Inside Line
Suzuki is recalling 73 2011-’12 Equator pickup trucks because of a possible engine oil leak. | December 29, 2011 | American Suzuki Motor Corporation By Anita Lienert, Correspondent | Published Dec 29, 2011 Suzuki is recalling 73 2011-’12 Equator pickup
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Natural gas pipeline leak caused by sand dredging
China.org.cn
10, 2011 shows the Huizhou 21-1 oil field near south China’s Guangdong Province. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation said late Dec. 19, 2011 a gas leak was found in a sub-sea gas pipeline of its Zhuhai Hengqin gas processing terminal.
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Detainees evacuated from DHS bus
KGBT-TV
by Amber Dixon An oil leak coming from a Department of Homeland Security bus sparks a fire underneath the vehicle. According to a Harlingen fire department spokesperson, the call came in around 11am. The driver of the bus was transporting detainees and
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Pipe thieves cause gas leak, forces evacuation
WKYC-TV
Oil prices hovered below $100 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed … Asian stock markets were mostly lower with new signs of pressure on Europe’s … Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2011. Feeling lucky?
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Gisborne Councillor calls for suspension of exploration permit
Voxy
Had the break happened a few days later when oil had started pumping, analysts claim it could have resulted in a disaster similar to the BP oil leak last year. In August a Petrobras worker was killed and his colleague badly disfigured from a refinery
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BP, Ally Financial, Madoff, Stanford, Actavis in Court News
BusinessWeek
29 (Bloomberg) — US prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP Plc staff after the worst US oil spill last year, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
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Has Iran hastened the war?
Al-Arabiya
Iran is no Japan or Europe, who themselves stood helpless before the Chernobyl reactor leak, or the Japanese [Fukushima] reactor leak following the recent tsunami. Indeed, we have seen how Iran was unable to even deal with the [Stuxnet] computer worm,
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Al-Arabiya

Could Transocean Drop Further?
Zacks.com
(CVX) has been sued by a Brazilian federal prosecutor for R$20 billion ($10.6 billion) in damages following an oil leak 74 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The civil suit also seeks a court injunction to stop the companies’ operations in the
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Survey: many neglecting car repairs
WALA-TV FOX10
“I didn’t realize I had an oil leak.” Even in this tough economy, experts warn that car repairs are a wise investment. “If you keep your maintenance up, the vehicle will last longer,” Reynolds said. Otherwise, all the money you save will be going right
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BP money nets array of items
Winston-Salem Journal
The Associated Press documented earlier this year how some of the $754 million given to local governments had been spent on tasers, SUVs and pick-up, rock concerts, an iPad and other items with no direct connection to the oil leak.
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The Yekaterinburg Russian nuclear submarine.
Bellona
Charles Digges, 29/12-2011 The Russian Emergency Ministry says no leak of radiation has been detected, and nobody has been injured. But other officials and media reports have indicated that there are still “pockets of fire” that have not yet been
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Bellona

Reports of Asian Tiger Shrimp in Gulf of Mexico Increase in 2011
Ecology Global Network
Both economically and ecologically, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil leak disrupted Gulf shrimping in ways that have yet to be fully understood, but the greatest challenge to the industry has been Asian aquaculture. Farm-grown species – of which tiger
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December 30, 2011

fuel spill news

 

 

FAA fuel spill in Aurora cleared from Fox River
Chicago Daily Herald
By Jessica Cilella and Tara Garcia Mathewson Only a faint smell of diesel remained Thursday on the Fox River after more than 1400 gallons of fuel spilled a day earlier into a storm sewer that discharges into the waterway.
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Cleanup underway after fuel spill in Hudson Falls
YNN Hudson Valley
According to Diamond, surveillance footage showed a woman striking a fuel pump with her car, which triggered the spill. It went unnoticed until another customer reported it shortly before 7:30. “It could be a situation where they didn’t even know it,”
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Riverkeeper: Tar River Fuel Spill Can Be Educational Moment
WITN
So anything that might be dumped down whether it’s fuel, paint, or anything goes directly into a stream or river system. This can be dangerous to the river’s health and the people and creatures that need it. “The Tar River itself has about 4 to 500000
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Chief: Leaking gas pump should have “shut off” on its own
WNYT
“His involvement in this is really minimal,” Diamond said, referring to his belief that the collision should not have caused such a massive spill. Vadnais admitted to police that he had consumed one or two beers earlier in the night, Diamond said,
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Fishing vessel sinks in fire near Big Carlos Pass
The News-Press
There were 500 gallons of fuel on the boat when it sank, and spill containment barriers were brought to the scene as a precaution, but there were no reports of spills or sheen, according to Jon-Paul Rios with the Coast Guard. Firefighters from Sanibel
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April-June 2011: Mom accused of shooting sons; twisters strike Alabama; Peach
Clanton Advertiser
Interstate 65 was closed from Exit 212 and 219 for several hours May 21 after a fuel tanker overturned. The truck’s driver was carried to a hospital with minor injuries, but getting the truck right-side-up and cleaning up the little fuel that did spill
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Clanton Advertiser

Teen charged in connection with theft from parked car
The Keene Sentinel
5:46 pm, Peterborough Fire Department to Main Street, odor investigation, caused by refrigerator. 7:25 pm, Rindge Fire Department to Route 119, fire alarm. 8:27 pm, Peterborough Fire Department to Elm Street, fuel spill, transmission fluid in roadway.
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Locomotive derails in East Providence
Turn to 10.com
A locomotive and a boxcar derailed in East Providence on Thursday, blocking street traffic but causing no reported injuries or fuel spills. East Providence Police Lt. Jim Nelson said the Providence & Worcester locomotive came off the tracks near the
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Returning Home in the EV, Priceless
Clean Energy News (blog)
We also educated a few people along the way about cleaner cars and most importantly did what the BP Gulf spill , the Oil Sands and XL Pipeline screams for us to do: accelerate the development of technology that will get us out of the death spiral our
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December 30, 2011

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December 29, 2011

Chemical Spill News

School evacuated after chemical spills
ABC 4
Holladay, Utah(ABC 4 News)- The Jordan Valley school was evacuated early this morning as hazmat crews cleaned a chemical spill. A custodian came into work at 6am and discovered a strong chemical smell near the schools pool area.
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Northern Australia hit by flash flooding
Telegraph.co.uk
The freight train, carrying copper concentrate, was derailed at Edith River, raising concerns about a possible chemical spill. The two crew were injured and taken to hospital, while the derailment near the town of Katherine has left trains unable to
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M6 Closure cost economy of £1m
Blottr
A major chemical spill causing the closure of the M6 has experts estimating the cost of delayed deliveries, cancelled meetings and staff leaving early will hammer businesses to the tune of nearly £1m. Traffic was diverted through Preston,
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Blottr

Green & Clean
Bowling Green Daily News
Hill said the chemical still used by many dry cleaners, perchlorethylene, is a known carcinogen and is treated like a hazardous material if there is a spill. A material safety data sheet for perchlorethylene said it can depress the central nervous
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Name Released in Fatal I-70 Crash
WIBQ
Officials say that 65 year old George Leggett of Columbus, Ohio died from blunt force trauma after losing control of his semi-tanker carrying the highly flammable chemical acetone. His death has been ruled accidental. Authorities are not sure why he
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Cutting Edge Senior Correspondent
The Cutting Edge
The range of this hideous creature is covered by the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, courtesy of BP. Originally thought to be a single species, these fish were determined in 2010 to be divided into three distinct species, the others being
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The Cutting Edge

Witnessing Change and Searching for Wilderness: Circumnavigating the Svalbard
National Geographic
Large numbers of Little auks have been killed in several oil-spill incidents. Climate changes is another the reason for the decreasing populations. (Phil Wickens/Quark Expeditions) Little auks take flight from a communal breeding site in the rocks.
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National Geographic

Green group: Tornado cleanup a bright spot for Ala
Gadsden Times
But the new report highlighted a number of positive steps taken over the last year, including the destruction of the final chemical weapons stored at Anniston Army Depot; the continuing cleanup along the coast from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of
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Where am I? > Home > Ecosystems > Oil and Fish Embryos in Shallo…
Environmental News Network
and their collaborators reported Pacific herring embryos in shallow waters died in unexpectedly high numbers following an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and suggest an interaction between sunlight and the chemicals in oil might be responsible.
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December 29, 2011

Oil Spill News

Criminal Charges Are Prepared in BP Spill
Wall Street Journal
By TOM FOWLER US prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP PLC employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history,
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Wall Street Journal

Bonga spill: Senate directs agencies to check shoreline oil
The Nation Newspaper
The Senate Committee on Environment has directed the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to examine the oil noticed on the shoreline when the members of the committee had an overfly
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Judge: 2009 BP oil spill in Alaska did not violate probation
Alaska Dispatch
A federal judge ruled Tuesday in Anchorage that BP was not negligent in its handling of a 2009 oil spill and therefore did not violate the terms of its probation. US District Court Judge Ralph Beistline found that the spill was not caused by corrosion
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Alaska Dispatch

Haz-Mat is on the scene of a oil spill found in a basement
ABC2 News
The Maryland Department of the Environment tells ABC2 News that about 200 gallons of heating oil had been found inside the basement of the home. At this time, MDE officials believe that the heating oil tank may have been vandalized causing the spill.
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ABC2 News

ExxonMobil, ConnocoPhilips win oil bid licence
BusinessDay
Despite the disaster that accompanied the spill in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the American government still went ahead to organise its first oil and natural gas lease sale, drawing in more than US $337 million in high
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BusinessDay

Guimaras now safe from oil spill
Sun.Star
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Bureau (EMB)-Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional director Oscar Cabanayan reported a clean bill of health for the island province of Guimaras after an oil spill in 2006. Guimaras has recovered from the oil
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350.org: Oil pipeline project won’t create as many jobs as solar
Clean Energy Authority
The recently passed House payroll tax bill, which included an effort to force through the Keystone XL oil pipeline project—as a jobs creator—was greeted by a human oil spill. Yet it is likely to create far less jobs than an extension of 1603 Treasury
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NRDC in the News 12/27: Fighting Keystone XL, oil spill dangers, gray wolves
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Bob Deans commented in the New York Times about the recent Royal Dutch Shell deepwater oil spill off the southern Nigerian coast, noting, “it is a reminder, also, that we have no business drilling for oil in the Arctic waters”…
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Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)

2011: A Humorous Look Back
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Dave Barry It was the kind of year that made a person look back fondly on the Gulf oil spill. Granted, the oil spill was bad. But it did not result in a high-decibel, weekslong national conversation about a bulge in a congressman’s underpants.
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News bites: Iran threatens to block key oil route
The Hill (blog)
By Andrew Restuccia – 12/28/11 09:08 AM ET Iran threatened to close a key oil route if Western nations impose new sanctions on the country, The Associated Press reports. Oil spill news from The Associated Press: “A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed
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Ecology, Coast Guard, IOSA respond to vessel sinking near Shaw Island
Access Washington
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), US Coast Guard, and the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) are working to contain oil leaking from a sunken vessel in Blind Bay on Shaw Island. The crew of the IOSA vessel Sea Goose has encircled the
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BofA, BP, Citigroup, Samsung, Goldman, Intel in Court News
BusinessWeek
BP America Inc. Chairman and President Lamar McKay, BP Plc’s highest-ranking US executive, was subpoenaed to testify at the February trial that will determine liability for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP faces at least 350 lawsuits by thousands
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Heating Oil Found in Vacant House on Old Frederick Road
Patch.com
When they arrived on the scene, they discovered the heating oil had spilled in the basement. Samantha Kappalman, a spokeswoman with the Maryland Department of the Environment, said the oil was confined the basement and there was no seepage into the
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The Business Matrix: Friday 29 December 2011
The Independent
BP’s top US executive has been subpoenaed to testify in New Orleans over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP America chairman and president Lamar McKay will give evidence in the February trial which will determine who was liable for the disaster that saw
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Breached Silvertip Pipeline Replaced
KULR-TV
Errico said Exxon is working with the state to monitor the new line. She said soil and water samples are taken daily to ensure there are no new leaks. For more coverage of the Silvertip Pipeline oil spill, click on Special Reports.
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2011 Year in review — July
Laurel Outlook
Governor Brian Schweitzer toured the banks of the Yellowstone River assessing the damage of the oil spill. An estimated 750 to 1000 barrels of oil — roughly 42000 gallons — spilled late July 1 when the 12-inch Silvertip pipeline beneath the
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Top Ten Powerful Bald White Guys of 2011
Washington Times
The oil spill that began with an explosion aboard a BP ship proved unmanageable. So many things had to get done. Somebody was needed to handle all of the claims. When you need somebody to handle claims, you find somebody who looks like an insurance
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Washington Times

Muslim leader seeks truce after deadly bombing by sect
Amsterdam News
Elsewhere in Nigeria, a massive oil slick has been making its way to the Nigerian coast, threatening local wildlife along the shore. Much of the published information about the spill – one of the largest in a decade – comes from the company itself,
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Healing the waters: The recent Gulf of Mexico Summit looks at the state of
CultureMap Austin
Its four days covered everything from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to new drilling activity, efforts to deal with sea-level rise and land subsidence, research on what exactly a healthy Gulf ecosystem looks like and everything in between.
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CultureMap Austin

Market Report: BP slips after US chief called to testify in trial
The Independent
Overnight came the declaration from a federal judge in the US that accident-prone BP was not negligent in the Prudhoe Bay oil spill in Alaska. The decision on the 2009 accident was seen as a minor victory for the British giant as it battles to repair
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December Update: ‘Margin Of Safety’ Stocks That Trade At A Discount To Value
Seeking Alpha
Brazilian federal prosecutors sued Chevron (CVX) and Transocean (RIG) for $10.6 billion related to an oil spill near Rio de Janeiro. The prosecutors also seek to suspend operations of both companies in Brazil, which could impact ten of Transocean’s
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Salute to New Zealand’s heroes of 2011
Stuff.co.nz
With the Christchurch earthquakes and the Rena oil spill, New Zealanders have shown acts of courage and determination in 2011 to help others and get the clean-up job done. Selfless Kiwis could also be found abroad. This year the country lost two SAS
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Stuff.co.nz

Last shuttle flight is Fla.’s top story
MiamiHerald.com
2-year-old daughter Caylee in a trial that was watched nationwide. Rounding out the Top 5 were the state’s new requirement that government employees to contribute to their pensions and tourism rebounding along the Gulf coast after the 2010 oil spill.
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Most-Read Corporate News Stories of 2011
Wall Street Journal
US prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history. A WSJ investigation revealed
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Water Under the Bridge: Dec. 28, 2011
Daily Astorian
A condemned fuel tanker drifting toward Willapa Bay, Wash., last month stirred worries of a local oil spill and cast some troubling questions over the mouth of the Columbia river. What would an oil spill mean to coastal wildlife, tourism,
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Police Rescue Abducted Village Head, Arrest 4 Pirates
Leadership Newspapers
Afia, who is the coordinator of the chiefs in Ibeno, was said to have been abducted for his involvement in the disbursement of N600 million oil spill palliative fund released recently by Mobil Producing Nigeria to the Ibeno community.
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Leadership Newspapers

Report cites environmental pluses in Ala. in 2011
BusinessWeek
a program called “Forever Wild” to preserve wilderness land. Also praised in the report were efforts to clean up after the BP oil spill in 2010. Byington said the report recognizes Alabama residents who are working hard to create a better environment.
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Seafood promotion targets Sugar Bowl and BCS fans
FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
The January 3rd football face-off is thrusting the city back into the national spotlight and also giving the area a big opportunity to promote its seafood as safe following the BP oil spill. An estimated 300000 fans will travel to the city to witness
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FOX 8 News WVUE-TV

Chevron and Brazil’s oil industry
The Economist
After the 4.9m-barrel spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, oil regulators around the world are in no mood for leniency. But the blitz against Chevron, for a leak of no more than 3000 barrels, makes some industry-watchers wonder
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Abusing the holiday spirit (Mississippi Soundoff)
Mississippi Press (blog)
They had the oil spill three weeks later. I will never buy another saltwater fishing license because I was never refunded any of that money. Guests from out of town are scared to use my water from Moss Point utilities because of a busted pipe out at
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Talk of the County
Chicago Sun-Times
A 1700-mile-long pipe pumping heated oil sludge will have many leaks and spills. Just look how many people were employed last year cleaning up BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Saw State’s Attorney Mike Waller at the Sunset Foods in
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W.Va. Jury Finds Chartis Owes $58 Million in Bad Faith Verdict
Insurance News Net (press release)
The jury held that because of the insurers’ bad faith conduct, Hess Oil should be awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $53 million in punitive damages. The case stems from a gasoline spill that was discovered in 1998 at a location near a
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Boom goes the churro: Chilean court upholds damages for exploding sweets
Christian Science Monitor
In the McDonald’s coffee case, a new documentary called Hot Coffee released this July details the events surrounding the spill on Stella Liebeck, who suffered burns and sued the fast food chain. While she was dismissed as another American attempting to
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FTSE CLOSE: Italian debt auctions fail to ease eurozone fears; retailers
This is Money
BP: A federal judge ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not violate the terms of its probation from an earlier accident thus escaping further punishment. Royal Dutch Shell: The oil giant said yesterday that an oil
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This is Money

Republican Nonsense on Regulation
Huffington Post
For example, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Obama administration issued new rules on deep sea oil drilling. Those regulations might cost industry $200 million or so. But it’s quite obvious that the problem in this case isn’t
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Make Way for the Indian-American Politicos
Big Government
After the BP Oil Spill of April-July, 2010, Jindal loudly criticized Obama administration’s response and eventually persuaded the administration into lifting a permit moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
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The AM Roundup: A $300 Million Stocking Stuffer, LCD Settlements
Wall Street Journal (blog)
WSJ BP is off probation: A US judge in Alaska on Tuesday dismissed government charges that oil giant had violated the terms of its criminal probation after a 2009 oil spill in Alaska, and released the oil company from probation. WSJ.
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WAfrica Crude-Angolan programme nearly sold out
Reuters Africa
Bonga: Shell has still not given a start date for its Bonga facility after an oil spill on 20 December. * The company said on Tuesday the spill offshore Nigeria, the largest in the oil-producing nation since 1998, has been contained after less than
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Discounts Drive Boxing Day Store Visits, UK Stocks Rise
123Jump.com
BP plc, the oil and gas explorer fell 0.3% to $43.14 after a US federal judge dismissed allegations by federal prosecutors that the company was criminally negligent in Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2009. Max Petroleum PLC plunged 6.5% to 10.75 pence
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Baby birds big stars this year at Lowry Park Zoo
Tampabay.com
The chick descended from a line of penguins rescued from a South African oil spill about a decade ago. Decimated by water pollution and commercial fishing, the species is barely hanging on. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which accredits Lowry
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Fish Study Finds Sunlight Worsens Oil’s Effect
Laboratory Equipment
In a study published in the scientific journal PNAS, NOAA scientists and their collaborators reported Pacific herring embryos in shallow waters died in unexpectedly high numbers following an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and suggest an interaction
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Gazette opinion: Compromise pipeline bill raises safety standards
Billings Gazette
Increased transparency with pipeline operators required to make oil spill response plans available publicly. “These provisions are important as Montana expands its energy future,” Tester said. “Part of our job in the aftermath of the Yellowstone spill
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December 29, 2011

Diesel Leak News

SC Police Warn of Diesel Leak After Rollover In Singing Hills
KCAU
The Sioux City Police and Fire Rescue say diesel fuel is leaking from the semi trailer. Hazmat crews will get this cleaned up as soon as possible. The roll over happened about an hour ago. Police are asking folks to take a different route so responders
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Shell Timur clarifies diesel leakage on Christmas Eve
The Borneo Post
Posted on December 29, 2011, Thursday SIBU: Shell Timur Sdn Bhd clarified that the diesel spill reported on Christmas Eve that had leaked into a drain near a Shell station here did not originate from the station nor from any Shell affiliated vehicle.
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SEPA confident diesel spill won’t harm River Tay’s marine life
Scotland Courier
SEPA spokeswoman Lee Cadigan said: ”We received a couple of calls from members of the public and were informed by the harbour manager that around 11.30am a former fishing boat had sunk in the port, causing diesel oil to leak. ”They managed to get the
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Roche speaks of relief after he and wife escape blazing Merc
Irish Independent
Fuel also started to leak from the tank as the fired blazed. “We were lucky it was diesel, not petrol,” Mr Roche said last night. The ex-Wicklow TD said the whole incident happened in the space of about five minutes after the car’s engine started to
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December 29, 2011

Diesel Spill News

Diesel fuel leaks into Fox River
Chicago Sun-Times
Workers continue cleaning up a diesel spill under the Sullivan road bridge in Aurora on Wednesday, December 27, 2011. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media AURORA — Approximately 1500 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the Federal Aviation Administration
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Crews Clean Up Diesel Spill on Highway 75
KTEN
An estimated 50 to 100 gallons of diesel spilled on the highway. For a couple of miles, drivers were directed to frontage roads. Backed up traffic caused a minor collision two and a half miles north of the scene. “It just lost the wheel,” John Cherry
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UPDATED: Diesel fuel spill on I-80 Monday night
WFMJ
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Both lanes of Interstate 80, between Liberty and Hubbard, reopened Tuesday morning after HazMat crews worked to contain 100 gallons of spilled diesel fuel. Around 7:00 pm Monday night, an eastbound truck leaked diesel fuel
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Fuel cleanup near Nemaha scaled back
Omaha World-Herald
10 rupture of an underground pipeline, up to 65 workers from surrounding states were at the site, recovering spilled gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. As of this week, about a half-dozen workers remain, said Bruce Heine, a spokesman for pipeline owner
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Fuel spill backing up traffic on I-85 North in Gastonia
Gaston Gazette
A gasoline spill along I-85 North in Gastonia slowed traffic to a crawl for more than an hour Wednesday morning. The problem occurred after the driver of a garbage truck realized diesel fuel was leaking from his vehicle as he drove along I-85 North,
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December 29, 2011

Acid Leak News

Chemical leak at Jordan Valley school
Salt Lake Tribune
A leak was discovered in tubing connecting a container of hydrochloric acid to a pump, according to Unified Fire Authority Spokesman Cliff Burningham.
A Look Back at 2011
Tremonton Leader
The pools at Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville closed for a time in late July after a leak of hydrochloric acid sent 11 patients to the hospital.
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