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January 6, 2012
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Nuclear Plant Reports Chemical Spill
MyFox Phoenix
(NewsCore) – Minnesota’s emergency operations center says there was a non-radiological chemical spill at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant outside Minneapolis Thursday. State officials did not ask residents in the nearby area of Redwing, …
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Chemical spill closes parts of NW Coastal highway
ABC Online
A truck carrying liquid methanol sustained a leaking valve north of Binnu, in the Shire of Northampton. If methanol touches the skin it can cause poisoning. Nine firefighters are at the scene waiting for a decanting truck to arrive and extract the …
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Crash, chemical spill closes portion of Airport-Pulling
Naples Daily News
By Naples Daily News staff report A chemical spill following a two-vehicle crash closed a portion of Airport Pulling Road South Wednesday afternoon. NAPLES — A chemical spill following a two-vehicle crash closed a portion of Airport Pulling Road South …
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Chemical Spill Causes Concern Near Reservoir
NBC Connecticut
There were no evacuations and no injuries, according to the MDC. Fluoride in its concentrated form in the truck can be corrosive on contact, officials said. The spill posed no threat to the drinking water, according to the MDC.
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Chemical spill forces highway closure
Perth Now
METHANOL: A chemical spill has forced the closure of North West Coastal Highway near Kalbarri. Picture: Stewart Allen Source: PerthNow FESA spokeswoman said a truck carrying the liquid chemical Methanol had spilt the liquid from a leaking valve. …
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Binnu chemical spill closes highway
The West Australian
A section of North West Coastal Highway is expected to be closed for most of the day because of a spill from a methanol tanker. The chemical spill happened north of Binnu and the highway is closed between 9.5km north of the Kalbarri turnoff and the …
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PCG moves to prevent spill
Manila Bulletin
By JOHN CARLO M. CAHINHINAN MANILA, Philippines — Marine environmental experts and personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) are pursuing their effort to prevent a possible chemical spill along the vicinity where a Cambodian-flagged cargo vessel …
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Minor flouride spill resolved
West Hartford News
As personnel were preparing to offload 4500 gallons of fluoride to a storage tank, a leak was spotted. It was described by someone on the scene as a "dribble," according to Kerry Martin, a spokesperson for the MDC. The chemical spill emergency plan was …
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54000 gallons of spilled bunker oil can be enough to devastate a commercial …
Bits Of Science
Thick bunker oil for instance can contain more chemical pollutants than normal crude oil. Moreover local climatic effects can influence the damage as well. Normally a cold Arctic climate is thought to be the worst to have an oil spill, …
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Bits Of Science

Tanker collision triggers small fuel oil spill off coast of Singapore
Washington Post (blog)
The MPA said authorities have contained the spill and chemical dispersants were used to break up patches of oil. The MPA said it is investigating the cause of the collision, which happened about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) south of the main island of …
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BC pipeline foes unmoved by Enbridge oath
Montreal Gazette
… and "cathodic protection" to guard against electro-chemical corrosion. Enbridge’s environmental studies suggest that the impact of a pipeline spill on its Northern Gateway pipelines depends on the amount, location, landscape and time of year. …
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Words on success
Fort Dodge Messenger
In particular, dry flowable chemicals. "We take a liquid chemical and we’ll make a granular product out of it," he said. "Environmentally, it’s a good practice. If you spill a liquid on the ground, it goes into the ground and you’ve got an …
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Bleach Leak at Praire Island Nuclear Plant
Northland’s NewsCenter
By KBJR News 1 A non-radiological spill at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant early Thursday morning prompted emergency response. A non-radiological spill of a chemical adjacent to a vital area prompted Xcel Energy officials to declare an …
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Fixing BP’s Big Fix
Triple Pundit
BP was not only allowed to use the chemical on the water surface but also at the leak’s source on the ocean floor, a practice that had not been tested. Why did BP need that allowance? Because the dispersant reduces the quantity of measurable oil by …
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Output Resumes At Bonga Oilfield – Shell
Leadership Newspapers
Some coastal settlements in Akwa Ibom have also reported sighting oil deposits and sediments of oil broken down by chemical dispersants deployed by Shell to contain the spill. To Install this app , enter the address below on your phone . http : /
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Local Briefs 1/6/12
Leader-Telegram
The operators of Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing, Minn., ended an alert Thursday afternoon following a chemical spill that prompted the Ellsworth and Prescott school districts to start school two hours late. About 500 gallons of chlorine …
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OUT OF GAS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMEMENT IS RUNNING ON EMPTY
Power Engineering Magazine
Only six months earlier the nation witnessed a massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the third largest oil spill in American waters after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. The imagery of burning rivers and …
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Chlorine Bleach Leak at Red Wing Nuclear Plant
KAALtv.com
(AP) – Officials say a 2-inch break in a pipe leading to a chlorine bleach tank is to blame for a chemical spill at the Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing. They say a plant worker discovered the break, leading to an alert being declared shortly …
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Alert lifted for Minn. nuke plant after chem spill
Worthington Daily Globe
The operators of the Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing say they have lifted an alert that followed a chemical spill. About 500 gallons of chlorine bleach spilled from a broken pipe that was discovered shortly before 4 am Thursday. …
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35 pm: Prairie Island Nuclear Plant terminates alert
Hastings Star Gazette
The alert issued by operators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant as a result of a chemical spill this morning was terminated at 2:08 pm today. Action on Xcel’s relicensing bid will pick up again next month when the public comment period …
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Harbour report announced
Gladstone Observer
"The report acknowledges barramundi appear to be more strongly affected than other fish species, likely due to population stress following the flooding events of last summer which caused 30000 large barramundi to spill over the Awoonga Dam into …
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Hydrocarbon Processing
The API says about 80% of the money will be spent on oil-spill and automotive-emission aspects. Worldwide plastics boom seen continuing. All market signs show 1971 to be a record-breaking year for the US plastics industry. …
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January 6, 2012
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BP oil spill payments stalled in wrinkle over fees
BusinessWeek
By CAIN BURDEAU Damage payments from the compensation fund for BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been stopped temporarily because officials need time to comply with a court order to set aside money to pay hundreds of lawyers. …
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Bonga oil spill movement: NOSDRA debunks claim by Akwa Ibom
Nigerian Observer
ABUJA – The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says the Bonga oil spill is not moving towards Akwa Ibom. The Director-General of the agency, Mr. Peter Idabor, made the clarification in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. …
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Ecuador and Oil: Chevron Loses Court Appeal Against $18 Billion Amazon …
Circle of Blue WaterNews
In the next chapter of the 18-year bitter legal dispute, Chevron — which is currently also battling claims that it is responsible for environmental damage from an offshore oil spill in Brazil last November — quickly denounced Tuesday’s appellate …
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Circle of Blue WaterNews

Mystery oil slick in Huntington Harbor being contained
89.3 KPCC
An oil spill about half the size of a football field in Huntington Harbor is being contained by booms, officials said Thursday. The source of the oil hasn’t been determined, but so far, there’s been no property damage or threat to wildlife. …
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20-mile oil slick on I-64 gums up traffic
Evansville Courier & Press
By Richard Gootee The westbound lanes of a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 64 in Southern Illinois were closed throughout the day Thursday while highway crews cleaned up oil spilled from a tanker truck early that morning. According to the Illinois State …
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Oil spill: 64 Itsekiri communities demand meeting with Shell
Vanguard
By Emma Amaize & Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI—ABOUT 64 Itsekiri communities in Warri South-West and Warri North Local Government Areas of Delta State, affected by oil spill, which they said was from last December’s spillage from the Bonga Oil Field, …
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There’s an Oil Spill in St. Louis
Bleedin’ Blue
The Edmonton Oilers make their way to St. Louis to face the Blues(22-12-5) for the second of four meetings this season. The first contest did not go in the Blues’ favor as the Oilers were able to beat a then “easy” Jaroslav Halak in Edmonton 4-2. …
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Bleedin‘ Blue

Odor in Concord not a health threat, officials say
San Jose Mercury News
By Mike Taugher CONCORD — Sulfur odors in Concord are likely the result of cleanup of a crude oil spill from two months ago, county health officials said Thursday. A pipeline owned by ConocoPhillips ruptured in early November, spilling crude oil at …
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Big Oil Wants to Drill in Arctic Ocean
Student Operated Press
By SOP newswire2 The BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico was truly devastating ” but an oil spill in the Arctic`s extreme, icy conditions would be much worse! So why is the Obama Administration pushing forward a plan that would allow oil drilling in the …
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Student Operated Press

Enbridge Energy Oil Spill Inspires New Pipeline Standards
WKZO
WASHINGTON (WKZO) — The massive oil spill in Calhoun County in July of 2010 has now resulted in tougher pipeline regulations that might prevent a repeat of such environmental disasters in the future. The measure, co-sponsored by Michigan congressmen …
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Halliburton denies destroying evidence in BP oil spill case
FuelFix (blog)
Halliburton Co. denied BP Plc’s accusation that engineers destroyed testing evidence to keep it from being used in litigation over the Gulf of Mexico rig blast that triggered the worst offshore oil spill in US history. BP and Halliburton are suing each …
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FuelFix (blog)

Oil spill on Great Western Highway at Raglan
Western Advocate
MOTORISTS have been wanred to take cae on the Great Western Highway following an oil spill this morning. Roads and Maritime Services’ Live Traffic website says eastbound traffic has been affected by the spill at Raglan, near Browns Hill. …
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Shell restarts production at Nigeria’s Bonga field
MarketWatch
By Sarah Kent The Anglo-Dutch oil major was forced to shut down the facility, after a leak during a tanker loading operation on Dec. 20 led to Nigeria’s worst offshore oil spill in more than a decade. Investigation into the exact cause of the leak is …
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Attorney General Luther Strange looks at the year ahead
Alabama’s13.com
Luther Strange says defending Alabama’s immigration law, holding BP accountable after the oil spill and Jefferson County filing for bankrupty are at the top of that list. (more) BIRMINGHAM – Today, the attorney general spoke about the issues that will …
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Bonga: Uduaghan urges Shell to fix coastal communities
Nigerian Tribune
Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has directed Shell Petroleum Development Company to tackle the recent Bonga oil spill in some communities in the state capital and its neigbouring states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that there …
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News bites: Iran and oil
The Hill (blog)
Bloomberg reports that tensions with Iran are already sending oil prices upward, countering the downward pressure of fears that Europe’s financial woes will curb demand. Reuters reports that payments from the BP oil spill fund have resumed after a …
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Our View: La. Highway 1 project in the Gulf has national significance
Alexandria Town Talk
It takes a lot for Washington, DC, to pay serious attention to Louisiana — a nasty hurricane (at least the aftermath of one) or an explosion and history-making oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A new study by the US Department of Homeland Security may …
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MassDEP Penalizes Montague Property Owner $31K
Banker & Tradesman
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued a $31000 penalty to a Montague property owner for failing to properly clean up an oil spill. Jeanne Golrick, former owner of a vacant, two-family residence at 34 East Main …
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Washington Insider – Gulf Coast Restoration
The Maritime Executive
In normal circumstances, civil penalty revenues from oil pollution incidents would simply be deposited in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. However, considering the historically large amounts forecast in the Deepwater Horizon incident, …
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Tullow signs up for wellhead project
Upstream Online
The aim of the project is to develop a new safer subsea wellhead that will be designed to address key technical issues and requirements highlighted by regulators following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Well control incidents around the …
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Upstream Online

Disaster In The Niger Delta
P.M. News
As Nigerians grapple with the problems of Boko Haram, fuel subsidy removal and galloping inflation, another national disaster is happening in the Niger Delta, this time an oil spill of a magnitude the country has not witnessed since the mid 1980. …
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Spill risk top concern as pipeline hearings begin in BC
Victoria Times Colonist
By Larry Pynn, Postmedia News January 5, 2012 A crew of oil spill clean-up workers collects oil from the Kalamazoo River in Michigan after an Enbridge pipeline burst in July of 2010. VANCOUVER — The transport of oil is big money. …
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Sector update: energy providers shift their focus further afield
CIO UK
By Kim Thomas | Published: 10:16 GMT, 05 January 12 | CIO UK Since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, oil giant BP has barely been out of the headlines. The legal battle spawned by the case continues to rumble on, and in the latest development, …
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Shell battles pipeline leak as production resumes in offshore field
PennEnergy- Energy News (press release)
By Hilton Price Shell has resumed production at the Bonga oil field, offshore Nigeria. The oil field was home to the country’s worst oil spill in a decade. The spill, which began on December 20th, poured less than 40000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic …
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Pangnirtung school may reopen in February
CBC.ca
The school closed in October due to fumes lingering from a fuel oil spill. Nunavut officials say the Alookie School building in Pangnirtung may be back up and running by the beginning of February. The school closed in October due to fumes lingering …
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BP cash flows again
The News-Press
7:38 pm The decision Wednesday to resume claims payments to coastal residents and businesses harmed by the BP oil spill was applauded by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who thanked Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Ken Feinberg for quickly …
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Saving the brown pelican
The Daily Advertiser
Carloss was on the job in 2010 during the tragic BP oil rig explosion. The resulting oil spill killed more than 7000 birds and countless other species of wildlife. The tragedy inspired filmmaker Irene Brodsky Taylor to shoot a documentary about it for …
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Shell denies onshore Bonga spill
Upstream Online
Somewhat contradictorily, however, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor has also said it has taken samples from what it argues is a “third party spill” to “establish beyond doubt” that the company was not responsible for any oil which came ashore. …
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Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012
Circle of Blue WaterNews
News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. …
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Obvious choice: Disasters elsewhere argue for oil production here
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The photographs also illustrated why Alaska’s oil should be sought out as the “greenest” on Earth. Alaska’s only environmentally significant oil spill, from the Exxon Valdez, came more than 20 years ago. It was a monumental disaster, and its effects …
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Nigeria needs skilled security to tackle Boko Haram – Prof Odinkalu
Vanguard
Oil spill in the Niger Delta region is notoriously becoming a daily occurrence, but strangely, unlike the Gulf Mexico spill by BP, where President Obama made the company to pay $20billion first before further talks. In Nigeria, our government fails to …
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Expert on oil supply, gas prices to speak at Mill Valley forum
Marin Independent-Journal
There are riots there. There has also been an oil spill. It’s very likely we’re going to see more stoppages of that oil.” In the past when oil prices spiked or demand dropped due to economic slowdowns the price of gasoline dropped. …
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Ecuador appeals court upheld $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron
Petroleumworld.com
And it adds to Chevron’s problems in South America, where the company is facing fines and criminal prosecution over an oil spill off the coast of Brazil. But the Ecuadorans suing Chevron can’t collect just yet. Chevron has waged a fierce legal campaign …
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Petroleumworld.com

BP breached rules in Valhall fire: investigator
Reuters UK
BP, whose safety record was tarnished in the Deepwater Horizon incident and resulting oil spill, said it would comply with the watchdog’s recommendations. “We have done some adjustments already on maintenance routine and management. …
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Oil and gas group starts election push
NOLA.com
Asked whether Americans would be sympathetic to the new industry campaign given the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Gerard said support for drilling is actually higher today than it was before the spill. He would not say how much the new Vote …
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NOLA.com

Bill Kennedy Seeks Reelection
KULR-TV
The democrat has been on the commission since 1992 and said 2010-11 have been the most challenging from the Father’s Day tornado to floods and the oil spill. Kennedy said he looks forward to future challenges. “I think we’re going in the right …
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President Obama Signs Pipeline Safety, Airport Security Bills
Insurance Journal
In 2011, there were over 500 pipeline incidents involving oil spills. Pipelines are safer than transporting by truck. The problem with Keystone is that is passes through the main water supply aquifer for much of our drinking water. …
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NYMEX-US crude prices lower on stronger dollar
Reuters UK
Production has resumed from Nigeria’s offshore Bonga oilfield, Royal Dutch Shell said, after the facility was shut down by a loading accident that caused the country’s biggest oil spill in 13 years. * Bomb attacks in mainly Shi’ite Muslim areas of Iraq …
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What the Internet Means for How We Think About the World
The Atlantic
Weinberger says that on the day he sat down to write the prologue to his new book, Too Big to Know, three of the six front-page New York Times stories — about topics as diverse as the Gulf oil spill, John Updike’s archive, and soccer players who fake …
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Newt Gingrich’s Florida team
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
Most recently, served as Secretary of Health for the State of Louisiana. Levine is an expert in disaster preparedness and response. He was part of the leadership team that responded to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill.
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Pent-up demand, latest bed-tax data shows tourism sector energized
Tampa Bay Business Journal (blog)
There’s still a pent-up demand following months of misinformation about the impact of the BP oil spill that led to a misconception that Tampa Bay’s beaches were polluted. There are unknowns that could derail the positive trends, such as global …
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January 6, 2012
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Dye pinpoints leaks in marine fluid systems
The Motorship
The dye provides leak detection in engine oil, diesel fuel, hydraulic and lubrication fluids, and has been proven to be effective with all UV and blue light …


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January 6, 2012
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Diesel spill in Huntington Harbour
Sacramento Bee
Containment booms are being use to prevent the spread of a diesel fuel spill in Huntington Harbour. Huntington Beach fire spokesman Jeff Lopez tells City News Service that a fuel slick the size of a football field appeared in the harbor behind Peter’s …
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Diesel spills prompt reminder for extra care from boaties
Voxy
Waikato Regional Council is calling for boaties to take extra care when refuelling vessels on or near the water, following small diesel spills detected on the Coromandel Peninsula earlier today. Regional on scene commander Brendan Morris said a small …
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BNSF crews clean up most of diesel spill
Galesburg Register-Mail
By STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO Environmental cleanup crews from BNSF have cleaned and recovered most of the diesel fuel that spilled from a Dec. 23 rail yard incident that punctured a 4000-gallon locomotive tank, causing some fuel to reach a nearby storm …
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Big rig fire near Lemoore spills diesel fuel
Hanford Sentinel
By Mike Eiman Hanford Sentinel | Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:30 am | (0) Comments Caltrans workers wheel a container of waste past traffic after a truck spilled diesel fuel on Highway 41 near Hanford-Armona Road Wednesday afternoon. …
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Why Were There So Many Barrels at the East Boston Diesel Cleanup?
Patch.com
By Andrew Sylvia When one reader took a look at June McMorrow’s picture from the East Boston Camp diesel spill last month and wondered why so many 55 gallon barrels were needed for only a few gallons of spilled diesel fuel. …
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Agri collapse in ’12
PakistanToday.com.pk
And failing urgent and immediate action, the spill-over will not only affect the sector’s growth, but also the national GDP, employment and export earning. One, due to obvious time lags between policy implementation and on ground results, …
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Fire destroys two yachts at Edmonds Marina
Edmonds Beacon
Ecology spill responder David Cline estimated approximately 20 gallons of diesel escaped into the water. “Additional fuel may have been released during the incident that was likely consumed by the fire,” he said. Global Diving and Salvage raised and …
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Edmonds Beacon

Frozen catch heats up sales
SILive.com
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf took a toll on the predominantly small, family-run fisheries. But the real peril to the industry is imported, farmed shrimp from South America and Southeast Asia, the kind that can be …
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January 6, 2012
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acid leak


Feds find no cause yet for nuclear plant cracks
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
… an 82-ton reactor head, a steel lid that sits atop the reactor vessel. The plant also shut from 2002 to 2004 after an acid leak in a different reactor head.

 

January 6, 2012
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fuel leak


DNR Approves Gas Station Owner’s Plan To Address Fuel Leak
Patch.com
By Brendan O’Brien The Department of Natural Resources has approved a Shorewood gas station owner’s plan to address a fuel leak that has contaminated soil near his business. Syed Rizvi, the owner of the Citgo gas station, 1602 E. Capitol Dr., …
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Fears ease over impact of strike on Nigerian crude
Reuters
The force majeure was declared because of a leak in Shell’s Nembe Creek Trunk Line, which handles about 70000 bpd. The pipeline in the swampy creeks of the Niger Delta was shut down on Dec. 24 but that went unreported, eclipsed by a much bigger leak at …
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Submerged Car Pulled Out of the Strait at Benicia’s Ninth Street Boat Ramp
Patch.com
The car didn’t have anyone inside and it appeared there was no fuel leak or other environmental damage. By JB Davis Firefighters use a pike pole and flashlights to find a car submerged at the Ninth Street boat ramp. Kerry Laird On Tuesday, January 3, …
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2011 recall round-up
AutoExpress
Audi and Land Rover needed only one each, for a potential fuel leak on the R8 Spyder and parking brake issues on the Defender. BMW had no recalls until October, when it had to issue six. And which recall affected the least number of cars? …
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AutoExpress

Battery company A123 announces deal with VIA
Boston Herald
By Ira Kantor Less than a week after an A123 Systems battery coolant leak glitch caused Fisker Automotive to recall more than 200 of its $102000 Karma plug-in electric sports cars, the Waltham-based company says it will now supply complete lithium ion …
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Vandalism at church
Lurgan Today
A further check revealed that the oil storage tank for the central heating had the output pipe damaged to such extent that approximately 120 litres of fuel had leaked, causing some pollution to the immediate area. It’s understood the pipe leading to …
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Malta flagged super-tanker in collision off Singapore
MaltaToday
About five metric tons of marine fuel oil leaked from the Kota Tenaga, a Singapore-flagged vessel, after it made contact with the SEEB, considered to be a very large crude carrier, around 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) South of Pulau Sebarok island, …
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The Chronicle Journal
The used fuel canisters could start corroding. If they leak, there is no possibility of clean-up. Your mining, forestry, fishing, hunting and fresh water is over. You can say to your children, sorry but the story of jobs for the community sounded too …
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Hawley Fire Department: Record calls, but no structure fires in 2011
NEagle
The Hawley Fire Department would like to thank the following businesses for allowing their employees to respond to calls during daytime working hours when personnel are in short supply: Aqua Pennsylvania, Teeters Furniture, and Paupack Fuel Oil. …
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41 vehicles involved in freeway pileup
KSAT San Antonio
They saw one car catch fire and another leaking fuel. They carried two people to safety. "We carried them to the truck," Basilio Renovato said. "They had a gas leak in their car, so we definitely had to get them out." Officials said fog and smoke from …
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Semi-truck off bridge
KOKI FOX 23
EMSA officials tell us crews treated a 37-year old male, he is in fair condition at a Tulsa hospital. The crash caused some diesel fuel to leak, crews are cleaning up the gas. The bridge was closed until the area was cleaned up.
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Fisker Karma Battery Issue Quickly Addressed
EarthTechling
That issue involved hose clamps that are part of the battery’s internal cooling system that were found to be “misaligned, positioned in such a way that could potentially cause a coolant leak. Over time, it is possible that in certain rare circumstances …
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EarthTechling

Horrified mum tells how her PIP boob implant blew up
The Sun
She added: "They said that even if they did leak it couldn’t cause any harm to the body." PIP implants have been found to contain a fuel additive and substances used to make rubber tubes. By EMMA LITTLE DODGY silicone was also used in fake testicles …
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EU Oil Embargo & Iran
IsraCast
Analyst David Essing is of the view the EU leak is aimed at exerting further pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear weapons program before a possible military confrontation in the Straits of Hormuz. The EU has decided to lower the oil boom on Iran, …
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Two hurt in Allentown gas explosion
Allentown Morning Call
Residents on both sides of Fulton Street were evacuated but were allowed to return home by 2 pm Swope said UGI workers did a leak survey inside and outside 213 N. Fulton and did not find any leaks. To some residents on Fulton Street, the explosion …
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LAW: Indemnity, subrogation, tortfeasorship – oh my!
Press-Enterprise
There was an oil leak, then the engine needed to be replaced, then a fuel line had a problem, finally it needed a new gasket. The couple eventually sued for more than $622000 the value of the RV and other damages naming Tiffin (the maker of the part of …
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#Fail: ‘Government Motors’ to ‘Call Back’ All 8000 Chevy Volts
Big Government
The fires occurred seven days to three weeks after the tests and have been blamed on a coolant leak that caused an electrical short. No fires have broken out in real-world crashes. The person says GM will contact Volt owners and have them return the …
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Brunswick reviews mooring policy after another shrimp boat sinks at city dock
Florida Times-Union
Many boats leak, but working bilge pumps can keep them afloat, Duncan said. As for those still floating at the dock, the city could evict them but it would be expensive, Williams said. “The problem is the money it’s going to cost the city to do it,” he …
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Hamster-Powered Submarine Doesn’t Fire Tiny Torpedoes (But it Should)
Technabob (blog)
The whole thing is air-tight, so it doesn’t leak. In case you’re worried about hammie expiring from lack of oxygen – don’t. The HPS Hamstar has air hoses running into it to keep him breathing and happy. As happy as an underwater hamster in a wheel can …
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Technabob (blog)

Nano Diesel ain’t coming anytime soon, instead how about the Nano CNG, says Tata!
Indian Cars Bikes
The Nano CNG will have a CNG cut off system in case of even a slight leak. * The Nano CNG will use the highly efficient controlled sequential gas injection kit. * The Nano CNG’s driver will be able to seamlessly switch between petrol and CNG modes.
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Pipeline will create jobs, improve energy security
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Opponents succeeded in forcing the State of Nebraska to require a rerouting of the Keystone pipeline by creating unnecessary fear about the potential damage caused by a leak to the Ogallala Aquifer. This action was taken even though Nebraska’s leading …
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January 6, 2012
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oil leak


The Bonga oil spill
Daily Sun
By Sun News Publishing On December 20, last year, Nigeria experienced yet another oil spill, the worst in over a decade. This was sequel to the leakage of a facility at the Bonga oil field belonging to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company …
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Oil steady as dollar gains cap rise on Iran
Reuters
It is a difficult time to be short oil I think," he said. Royal Dutch Shell has declared force majeure on its Nigerian Bonny Light crude oil exports, but this was related to a leak caused by "theft incidents" on the Nembe Creek Trunk Line in the Niger …
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Rena workers nervous as storm approaches
Stuff.co.nz
The expected seven-metre swells could cause more oil to leak from the ship. Maritime New Zealand spokesman Ross Henderson said plans to fight oil slicks were in place, and staffing would be ramped up for the storm. "The predictions are this is possibly …
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Foul smell from leak not as bad today in Concord
KGO-TV
It is not a sign of a new oil leak. Clean up crews returning from the holiday break lifted up some tarps and unleashed the smell — a residual effect from the leak in November. Foul smell from leak not as bad today in Concord.
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KGO-TV

BP still wants Halliburton to pay for whole Gulf oil spill cleanup
WKMG Orlando
In an ongoing effort to recover all the cleanup costs from Halliburton, oil giant BP has told a federal judge in New Orleans that the contractor was "grossly negligent" in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP and Halliburton sued each other in April …
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Standard Life’s Cumming Is Bullish on U.K. Equities After ‘Brutal’ 2011
Bloomberg
BP is also a long-term holding for the manager’s UK Equity Recovery Fund as the oil producer’s valuation is still being weighed down by the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico last year. …
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Richie and his merry men topped off month
Taranaki Daily News
Early on in the month, the Rena disaster caught the attention of the nation as oil from the stricken container ship hit Bay of Plenty beaches, affecting bird and marine life. About 350 tonnes of oil leaked from the vessel and containers off the ship …
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Shale drilling is a disaster waiting to happen
Cumberland Times-News
They leak from age, stress, inferior materials and premature leaks occur. Failure results in leaks that contaminate subterranean and surface water. Dimock, Pa., is now without drinking water. Caves and fissures also carry ground water. …
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Shoal Point Energy Ltd. Announces Commencement of Drilling Operations and …
MarketWatch (press release)
The leak-off test is designed to assess the matrix rock properties and hydrocarbon saturation of the formation, as identified by NuTech, our petrophysical consultants, so that programs for stimulation of the Green Point Formation may be designed in the …
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Fireplace safety — what to do
Town Crier Newspapers
The biggest danger with gas-burning fireplaces is a gas leak, which can lead to death from inhaling toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, sulfur or carbon dioxide, or by causing an explosion. Unlike wood-burning fireplaces, gas-burning fireplace …
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The do’s and don’ts of septic system care
Village News Network
Failure to do this can cause the sludge to build up, reducing the capacity of the tank and eventually causing sludge to leak into the drain field, which is a serious problem. Do throw cooking oil and grease in the trash. Save your drainpipes and …
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NGCP announces power interruption on Jan 7
Philippine Information Agency
D1-NWMA Division Head Avelino Dawis said, their technical personnel will conduct replacement of breaker pole of PCB55AU4 due to SF6 gas leak at Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur Substation. According to him affected in the power interruption are areas served …
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GUEST ESSAY: What’s the big hurry on hydrofracking?
Greece Post
There is at present no way to be sure this will not leak into our wells and municipal water supplies. I was deeply saddened to see the last page of the first section of the Dec. 18 edition, and read of the precious children who have been lost to …
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WilmerHale | Recently Enacted Pipeline Safety Act Will Increase Federal …
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Additional regulations regarding integrity management programs, shut-off valves, leak detection systems, and excess flow valves could be proposed as DOT completes the numerous studies that are required by the Act. Specifically, the Act: Requires DOT to …
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Shell chooses Parker Hannifin for instrumentation
Plant Engineer
Huggins cites, in particular, Parker’s new products, which, he says, can dramatically reduce the number of potential leak paths in a fluid flow system, and improve ergonomics for instrumentation and maintenance engineers. Shell chooses Parker Hannifin …
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Plant Engineer

Fears ease over impact of strike on Nigerian crude
London South East
Production has resumed from Nigeria’s 200000 barrel per day (bpd) offshore Bonga oilfield, Shell said on Thursday, after the facility was shut down by a loading accident that caused the country’s biggest oil spill in 13 years. …
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Obamamobile: Up In Flames
WHTC (blog)
"If positioned properly, the battery component cover could interfere with the hose clamps, potentially causing a coolant leak from the cooling hose. If coolant enters the battery compartment, an electrical short could occur possibly resulting in a fire …
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January 6, 2012
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Diesel fuel spills in Huntington Harbor
Contra Costa Times
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Personnel from several agencies worked today to contain a diesel fuel spill in Huntington Harbor. The Huntington Beach Fire Department received a report around 11 pm Wednesday that a slick the size of a football field had appeared in …
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South Main, Washington intersection open after fuel spill
Dayton Daily News
DAYTON — The intersection at South Main and Washington streets is now open after it was closed Thursday morning due to a fuel spill. Crews responded to the spill resulting from a car accident shortly after 7:30 am As of 9:15 am, the intersection was …
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Route 60 is Back Open After Fuel Spill in Kanawha County
WSAZ-TV
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. by Pam on Jan 5, 2012 at 06:07 PM so thankful you all do breaking news updates, my husband was sitting in traffic until I seen the breaking news now he can …
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Liberal group blasts API over national energy campaign
FuelFix (blog)
“This agenda would fuel even greater profits for Big Oil companies, while removing even more cash from our wallet — the same wallets feeding the enormous profits that will pay for this campaign.” On Wednesday, Gerard said API had started the national …
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FuelFix (blog)

Renda Completes Repairs, Heads Towards Nome
Alaska Public Radio Network
This afternoon, he checked in from the ship as it was underway again” The vessels are about four days out, but the oil spill prevention and contingency plans are still not approved. The DEC is hoping to issue its decision sometime Thursday or Friday. …
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Santorum’s energy record poses another Romney challenge – Problems in Persia …
Politico
BP’s $20 BILLION SPILL FUND has resumed payments after administrator Kenneth Feinberg got clarification from a federal judge on a ruling related to the fund’s payment process. New York Times: http://nyti.ms/y8dXl7. FROM THE ARCHIVES: The results of a …
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Crash slows I-275 in Northern Kentucky
WCPO
The crash, which happened around 12:30 pm, caused the tractor trailer to jackknife and spill approximately 150 gallons of fuel onto the interstate. Police said the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. Police have not released any other …
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WCPO

The Fukushima black box
The Economist
In America official reports such as those on the September 11th attacks or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have become acclaimed books. This one is hardly a page-turner. A privately funded foundation, headed by Yoichi Funabashi, a former editor of the …
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Canada, Alberta in tar-sands denial
Troy Media (blog)
How can anyone expect communities in British Columbia to embrace tar sands pipelines and tankers, when Michigan hasn’t even figured out how to clean-up Enbridge’s tar sands crude oil spill in the Kalamazoo river from the summer of 2010? …
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Anti-environmental group vows to fight for ‘God-given rights’ in wake of …
The Colorado Independent
Ferguson last summer flew out to Montana – at his own expense, he said – to counter community and environmental outrage in the wake of an ExxonMobil oil pipeline spill in the Yellowstone River. Besides the corporate spending case, ATP is involved in …
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‘Just-in-time’ business models put UK at greater risk in event of disasters …
The Guardian
Apparent one-off high-profile crises such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Macondo oil spill and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami were all mega-disasters… marking the beginning of a crisis trend." One way suggested by the report to help the public …
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The Guardian

Putting a Price Tag on The Real Value of Nature
Yale Environment 360
Either that they’re missing out on risks which they’ve not recognized — for instance, if BP had thought about the ecological value at-risk concept [before the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill], then they might have come to the view that these …
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January 6, 2012
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Investigators to examine alert response following chemical leak at nuclear plant
Minnesota Public Radio
Xcel says a crew will clean the spill by early evening. The utility says no one was hurt, no radiation was released, and the power plant continues to work at full capacity. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says there has never been an alert at …
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Xcel to clean up Prairie Island spill by evening
Reuters
(Reuters) – Xcel Energy Inc’s said it expects to clean up a chemical spill at its 545-megawatt Prairie Island nuclear power unit in Minnesota by Thursday evening. Operators at the plant declared an alert early Thursday morning after workers discovered …
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Weighing the risk of pipeline spills
Vancouver Sun
… and "cathodic protection" to guard against electro-chemical corrosion. Enbridge’s environmental studies suggest that the impact of a pipeline spill on its Northern Gateway pipelines depends on the amount, location, landscape and time of year. …
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Emergency officials are responding and two Wisconsin school districts …
KARE
Xcel Energy confirms that operators at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant declared an alert at 3:53 am Thursday after workers discovered sodium hypochloride, commonly known as chlorine bleach, leaking from a tank in the screen house. The chemical …
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Scientist to Test Seals for Radiation, but Sees Japan Link as Unlikely
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Speculation has run wild as to just how much damage the leak, which was triggered by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan in March, will have on the environment. To address these concerns, John Kelly, a professor emeritus of chemical …
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Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Another Hoeganaes tragedy can be avoided with real rules
The Tennessean
Little appears to have been done about maintenance of combustible dust, because when the third explosion came, on May 27, though it was caused by a hydrogen gas leak, the exploding gas also triggered an explosion of combustible dust, still in the air …
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GM Outlines Volt Fixes to Address Crash Fires; US Report Due Soon
Wall Street Journal
GM said a coolant leak occurred when the car was damaged, causing the chemical to eventually crystallize and cause an electrical short. "The Volt has always been safe to drive. We are taking these steps to ensure our customers’ peace of mind in the …
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Alert at nuke plant on Mississippi
Wisconsin Radio Network
The leak was found near a tank and has been contained by crews. It’s not known how the leak started. Getter says there was no release of chemical fumes, and cleanup got underway at about 7:30 Thursday morning.
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Chlorine bleach leak nuclear plant in Minnesota
KTTC
(AP) – Officials say a 2-inch break in a pipe leading to a chlorine bleach tank is to blame for a chemical spill at the Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing. They say a plant worker discovered the break, leading to an alert being declared shortly …
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Incitec Pivot Limited have announced a feasibility study into the construction …
Fertilizer Report (subscription)
Fertilizer Report: As per reports and information from our sources, following a series of widely-publicised leaks at big chemical and explosive maker, Orica’s Newcastle plant, Incitec Pivot is pulling out all stops to win community support for its own …
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Alert lifted for Prairie Island nuclear plant following chlorine bleach spill
Grand Forks Herald
PAUL — The operators of the Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing say they have lifted an alert that followed a chemical spill. About 500 gallons of chlorine bleach spilled from a broken pipe that was discovered shortly before 4 am today. …
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B.C. residents answer call to recycle used batteries
The Province
After being collected, the batteries are shipped to Trail for sorting to be processed according to their chemical makeup. But no part of the battery goes to the landfill, which is critical. "There are toxic elements in batteries that can leak into …
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Inert gas system provides explosion-proof solution for installing lab …
Wordsun (press release)
A unique aspect of the new Ex p system is that it is certified for use where a hazardous atmosphere might be created inside the enclosure – due perhaps to a hydrocarbon leak from the analyzer equipment – as well as more conventional situations where a …
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December 31, 2011
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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