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Grounded cargo ship breaks apart, sparking fresh oil spill fears along New …
Washington Post
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials said Sunday. The wreck of the Greek-owned Rena was …
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Cooking oil spill closes highway for hours
WKYT
A Kentucky highway was closed for more than 12 hours after cooking oil spilled on the road. A truck hauling vegetable oil flipped on State Route 854 in Boyd County Friday afternoon, spilling more than 150 gallons of vegetable oil. …
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Stricken cargo-ship split sparks fears of new oil spill
ArabianBusiness.com
Disclaimer:The view expressed here by our readers are not necessarily shared by Arabian Business, its employees, sponsors or its advertisers. Can’t read the image? Click it to get a new one. Enter the characters above Interesting! …
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Kentucky Route 854 Reopened After Vegetable Oil Spill
WSAZ-TV
About 150 to 200 gallons of vegetable oil spilled from the truck. One lane of traffic was open for much of the day, but now both lanes are closed while crews wait for the tow truck to arrive. Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.
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La. AG challenges ruling in Gulf oil spill cases
BusinessWeek
Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell is asking a federal appeals court to throw out a judge’s order that could allow plaintiffs’ attorneys to receive a portion of any money the state recovers from BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf oil spill. …
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Michael Sadler: A New Year’s energy resolution
ReporterNews.com
Drilling was tentatively resumed in the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Fukushima nuclear reactors were disabled by the disastrous earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Financial markets were erratic due to the political …
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World briefs for Jan. 8
Richmond Times Dispatch
A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split into two pieces after being lashed by pounding seas, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears a fresh oil spill could wash ashore, maritime officials said today. …
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Susan Stamper Brown: New EPA regulations are harmful to ‘the folks’
Baxter Bulletin
The Gulf oil spill was a dream-come-true for many, in that the crisis gave the administration an excuse to tighten regulations and put a choke-hold on future production. There is no doubt, that when it comes to matters that truly matter to him, …
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DeSoto Countian Tony Jones is Mississippi Realtor of the Year
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Toni Lepeska Mississippi’s real estate industry has survived Hurricane Katrina, economic struggles and the oil spill, said Tony Jones, who has been named the state’s Realtor of the Year. Tony Jones (right), with Century 21 in Olive Branch, …
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Saving the penguins, the talk
The Boston Globe
The massive volunteer effort to rescue African penguins that followed a major oil spill off the coast of South Africa in 2000 will be the topic of a free talk tomorrow at 6 pm at the public library. The talk will be given by Dyan deNapoli, …
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Rena’s stern expected to sink
TVNZ
Authorities say oil and debris from the ship is expected to wash up on beaches over the next 24 hours. Oil spill response teams and wildlife experts are now on high alert. "There are resources there if anything comes ashore but at this stage we want to …
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AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST
Newsday
___ Grounded cargo ship breaks apart, sparking fresh oil spill fears along New Zealand coast WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking …
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BP Closes its Solar Business After 40 Years
OilPrice.com
Around 100 staff will be affected internationally and BP’s remaining solar interests will be sold, but at least the proceeds will go towards BP’s efforts to help recover some of the costs from last year’s devastating explosion and oil spill in the Gulf …
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Mental Health Association is helping the homeless
WLOX
Recently the Mental Health Association of South Mississippi was given money from BP with the stipulation it must be used for those suffering from the oil spill. Executive Director Kay Daneault said the association knew just how to use it. …
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Super Bowl Fever Overflows To Downtown Neighborhoods
WRTV Indianapolis
Dan Jarman owns Fat Dan’s Chicago Style Deli and said he hopes to benefit from the crowds that may spill over from the downtown festivities. "Hopefully we get the big overflow. There’s going to be quite a large amount of people here,” Jarman said. …
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MPs launch bid to protect Arctic
The Press Association
Greenpeace has already staged protests against UK company Cairn Energy, which has been looking for oil off the coast of Greenland, over concerns an oil spill would cause major ecological damage to the Arctic and that new sources of fossil fuels would …
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Cullen Blasts Harper Hypocrisy on Northern Gateway Pipe
Opinion250 News (blog)
“Needless to say a Prince William Sound-esque (Exxon Valdez) oil spill would put much of the economic activity in jeopardy not to mention the destruction of marine habitat,” reads the draft submission. The City also worries what an accident would mean …
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Washington-Missing-Equipment
Local 10
A cargo ship that ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand last year has split in two, spewing debris and triggering the possibility of a new oil spill. Hundreds of tons of oil had already leaked from the ship, making it the country’s most …
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Some question TDC’s payment for South Walton theme song
Destin Log
While $75000 is a relatively small drop in the bucket of the $11 million BP has given the TDC to recover from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Hudson said the song has struck a sour note with some people. “I think the amount of money for the …
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Distasteful change
NTNews.com.au
What, the oil spill seeping through the bottom of the bucket didn’t give it away? Post-KFC, did people on weight loss programs begin dining there? No. For the Colonel and his employees things remained the same, while the rest of us were left standing …
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Area jobless rate among lowest in U.S.
Houma Courier
As previous figures have shown, Houma-Thibodaux’s unemployment rate has held relatively steady despite widespread concern about job losses that could result from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the six-month federal ban on deepwater drilling that …
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Port on alert for debris as Rena breaks up
Sydney Morning Herald
MNZ national on-scene commander Alex van Wijngaarden said trained oil-spill response and wildlife experts are preparing for the likelihood of more oil coming ashore. "While reports at this stage indicate there has not been a significant release of oil, …
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Park projects taking shape
Battle Creek Enquirer
… for dumping nearly 1 million gallons of crude oil in the Kalamazaoo River and Talmadge Creek in July 2010, offered last summer to make improvements to the park and several other sites along the river that were damaged because of the spill. …
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First lady finds her way in redefining role
Minneapolis Star Tribune
And yet as the administration hit obstacle after obstacle in 2010 — Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, a health care law that remained unpopular, the Gulf oil spill and the approach of the midterm elections — she became increasingly concerned. …
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Grounded cargo ship breaks apart on NZ reef
BlueRidgeNow.com
AP A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials said Sunday. In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 photo provided by Maritime New …
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Realistic trading rules play out with BCE, TCK.B
Toronto Star
A “torpedo” is a sudden price collapse in reaction to a surprise earnings release, an accounting scandal, an earthquake or a catastrophic accident such as last year’s gulf oil spill. In these cases the torpedo reaction will tear a hole in your stop …
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Is our government discharging its functions?
The Hindu
Compare this with the American action against British Petroleum for causing an oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. BP was forced to clean up the mess as well as pay heavy damages. The government has been seeking to hand over nuclear power to foreign …
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Personnel Moves
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
They were honored for their part in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. • The Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC received the Cystic …
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Pipe dreams split BC’s politicians
The Province
NDP Leader Adrian Dix is firmly against the project, arguing the potential for a catastrophic oil spill is not worth the risk. Conservative Leader John Cummins supports the project and wants to speed it up, saying BC needs the jobs and money. …
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South Sudan tribes need to be engaged
The National
Continued tribal violence might have economic implications, such as the disruption of oil pipelines, and tribal violence could easily spill over the borders, where rival tribes live. Tribal violence is a complex issue facing the fledging country of …
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Death Toll from Colombia Pipeline Blast Rises to 21
Latin American Herald Tribune
Gasoline poured out of the Salgar-Cartago pipeline, “fell into the Agua Azul stream and the spill encountered a ‘hot point,’ which generated flames and then the explosions,” Rosales said. Ecopetrol said the flow of fuel through the conduit was stopped …
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