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EPA reaches deal with Duke Energy over coal ash spill
Posted by Guardian: Associated Press on May 22nd, 2014
Guardian: Federal environmental officials said Thursday that they have reached a deal with Duke Energy to clean up its mess from a massive coal ash spill into the Dan river.
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced it had finalized an enforceable agreement with the nation's largest electricity company over the February 2 accident. The spill coated 70 miles of the river in North Carolina and Virginia with toxic gray sludge.
EPA will oversee the cleanup in consultation with federal wildlife officials...
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Cleanup after Texas oil spill causes disruption major waterway
Posted by Guardian: Associated Press on March 23rd, 2014
Guardian: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic on Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships.
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil collided with a ship on Saturday afternoon, springing a leak. Officials believe only one of the barge's tanks – which holds 168,000 gallons, was breached, though Coast Guard Petty Officer...
Great Lakes oil pipelines raise spills fear amid debate over Keystone XL
Posted by Guardian: Associated Press on March 3rd, 2014
Guardian: A freshwater channel that separates Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas is a premier midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer’s delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
But nowadays the straits of Mackinac is drawing attention for something that is out of sight and usually out of mind, and which some consider a symbol of the dangers lurking in the nation’s sprawling web of buried oil and natural gas pipelines....