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State, feds taking ExxonMobil to court over Arkansas oil spill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- State and federal prosecutors in Arkansas are seeking civil penalties from ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. over the company's oil spill in a central Arkansas neighborhood. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and U.S. Attorney Chris Thyer...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues
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Officials keep an eye on Inland Waterway cooking oil spill
ALANSON — After Tuesday’s late evening two-vehicle crash, about 5,500 gallons of a mix of used cooking oil and water spilled from a semi-truck — one of the two involved vehicles — and oozed its way toward the Crooked River. The...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, Motorvehicle Accidents
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ExxonMobil faces federal lawsuit over Arkansas oil spill
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of...Tags: Water Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Incorporated, Environmental Cleanup
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Spill on Trans Mountain oil pipeline Canada's NEB says
ReutersCALGARY, Alberta, June 13 (Reuters) - Canada's National Energy Board said on Thursday it was responding to an oil spill on the Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 307,000 barrel per day Trans Mountain pipeline southwest of Merritt, British Columbia. The NEB...Tags: Energy Partners Limited, Kinder Morgan Incorporated, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Clean-up proceeds after truck accident
ALANSON — Cleanup continued today, Thursday, following the late Tuesday two-vehicle accident that led to approximately 12,000 to 13,000 pounds of used cooking oil being spilled near the intersection of U.S. 31 and East Street. According to Audrie...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Disasters and Accidents
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Three years later, BP oil cleanup ends in some Gulf Coast states
This post has been updated and corrected, as indicated below.Three years after a cataclysmic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, oil producer BP announced Monday that active oil cleanup had ended in three states hit by the disaster. The gulf, the company said, is getting back to normal, a claim contested by...Tags: BP Plc, U.S. Coast Guard, National Wildlife Federation, Gulf of Mexico, Petroleum Industry
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Imperial Oil says pipeline shut after five-barrel oil spill
ReutersJune 11 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd said a pipeline between the Marcus terminal and its 121,000 barrel per day refinery in Sarnia, Ontario, was shut on Tuesday after a spill of around five barrels of oil was discovered in the area. A spokesman for...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Enbridge Incorporated, Imperial Oil Limited
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Cleanup work after BP oil spill end in three states
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cleanup work has ended in three of the states affected by BP PLC's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Monday. The London-based oil giant said the Coast Guard has concluded "active cleanup operations"...
Tags: BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Environmental Pollution
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Letters to the Editor: Parking, oil spill, D-day
On June 1, I parked downtown on Orange Avenue at 9 a.m. I checked the parking meter and saw no notation that payment was required 24-7 or on weekends. So, I did not put in any money. I had to work in the courthouse complex that morning and planned to...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Fluoride, BP Plc, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Progress slow in cleanup of Gulf Coast oil well disaster
WASHINGTON - Three years after the infamous BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast, lawmakers are still trying to nail down the effectiveness of past, present and future relief efforts backed by billions of dollars. Restoration efforts will receive anywhere...Tags: BP Plc, Science and Technology, Conservation, Dwayne Johnson, Crime, Law and Justice
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Deadline triggers rush of Gulf oil-spill lawsuits, including some from interior Florida
Even as Florida brought home several top-10 finishes in this year's annual contest for the nation's best beaches, the tsunami of lawsuits triggered by BP's beach-trashing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico three years ago continued to gain strength. The...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, BP Plc, Business, Trials, Petroleum Industry
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 2, 2013
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