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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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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

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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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 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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