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February 21, 2012
February 21, 2012
Relief in Rail Car Problem
Mayfield May Get Relief in Rail Car Problem
Patch.com
Hashmel Turner said chlorine, hydroxide ammonia and sulfuric acid were stored in some of the rail cars to be transported to Jones Chemicals in Milford. Turner used to work for the chemical company and said he noticed that the warning placards looked …
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February 21, 2012
Nigeria can produce 4M barrels of oil a day
Shell: Nigeria can produce 4M barrels of oil a day
NECN
That crude later gets sold into the black market or cooked into crude gasoline or diesel at makeshift refineries that dot the Niger Delta, a maze of creeks and swamps about the size of Portugal. On one line recently depressurized, Shell found more than …
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February 21, 2012
Thieves Spill 25 Gallons Onto BP Parking Lot
Fla. Gas Thieves Spill 25 Gallons Onto BP Parking Lot
WPBF West Palm Beach
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials said several suspects parked a van over the in-ground fuel tanks at a BP gas station near Tampa early Tuesday and began siphoning gasoline into the vehicle. Deputies said the suspects abandoned the van — with …
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February 21, 2012
Gasoline prices are increasing
Gasoline prices are increasing here but still below national averages
Plain Dealer
A leak that spilled more than 100000 gallons of gasoline was discovered in January. The larger picture is still gloomy for consumers. Speculators around the world on Monday continued to bet that oil prices, and therefore gasoline and diesel prices …
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February 21, 2012
gas thieves flee causing fuel spill
Citrus Park gas thieves flee, causing fuel spill
ABC Action News
Thieves siphoning gas from an underground tank at a Citrus Park BP station suddenly fled the scene early Tuesday, spilling about 25 gallons of fuel, according to a sheriff’s statement. The suspects parked a van over the tanks shortly after 1 am at 8606 …
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February 21, 2012
Dow Chemical’s Olympic PR Plan
Bhopal Gas Tragedy Derails Dow Chemical’s Olympic PR Plan
International Business Times
Dow Chemical Co hoped an Olympic sponsorship would boost its global cache, but the company’s link to a gas leak tragedy 28 years ago threatens to curb some of the benefits from the $100 million advertising deal. A victim of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, …
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February 21, 2012
Inquiry into cheese factory oil leak
River Dove brook: Inquiry into cheese factory oil leak
BBC News 
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February 14, 2012
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- Scottish airport and university slash emissionsA greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scheme has seen Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh Napier University become the first organisations to pass the standard. […]
- Consumers sitting on e-waste cash mountainBritish households are individually throwing away £800 worth of electrical appliances every year that could be reused or recycled according to new research. […]
- New Thames Tunnel consultation set to launchThames Water has unveiled plans to launch an additional four-week consultation round on amendments to its proposed Thames Tunnel project. […]
- O2 unveils carbon footprint of its servicesTelecoms giant O2 has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to measure the carbon footprint of its services - becoming, it has claimed, the first network operator to gain certification. […]
- Nestlé shows real bottle in lightweight packagingNestlé Waters claims to have developed the UK's lightest bottled water product with the opening of its new £35m production factory in Buxton last week. […]
- Scotland records accelerated fall in trade wasteCommercial waste arisings are falling at a faster rate than household waste across Scotland according to official figures released yesterday (May 17). […]
- Negative energy price spikes can be halved, says DaveyClimate change polices could slash volatility in global oil, gas and coal prices by 50% by 2050, energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed. […]
- CRC 'stealth tax' damaging attempts to cut carbonNew research being presented to Parliament today (May 17) indicates that attempts to encourage some of the UK's largest organisations to cut carbon have been hit by a change in government policy. […]
- Delay to Solar tariff cut is confirmedDECC confirmed today that the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV has been 'delayed'. […]
- Business engagement will drive economy, says OfwatManaging business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat. […]