Imperative of Environmentally Safe Oil Exploration – AllAfrica.com
Independent OnlineImperative of Environmentally Safe Oil ExplorationAllAfrica.comUnless government takes strict and decisive measures to forestall their occurrence, the perennial challenge of environmental pollution and degradation of the oil bearing r…
Full Story$10M in BP spill money coming – Jackson Clarion Ledger
New York Times$10M in BP spill money comingJackson Clarion LedgerMississippi will receive $10 million from a Japanese business partner of BP, the state's share of a $90 million settlement for penalties related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. In one of …
Full StoryOil spill in La Union due to leak from pipeline – ABS CBN News
Oil spill in La Union due to leak from pipelineABS CBN NewsMANILA, Philippines – A leak from a pipeline caused the oil spill in La Union on Tuesday afternoon. The leak was traced to the common pipeline from Pier 1 that connects to an oil storage faci…
Full StoryState settles with MOEX for $5M in one oil-spill violation – SunHerald.com
Los Angeles TimesState settles with MOEX for $5M in one oil-spill violationSunHerald.comJACKSON — MOEX Offshore has agreed to pay Mississippi $5 million in civil penalties for environmental injury from the 2010 BP oil spill. “This settlement is only…
Full StoryWest Rocks oil spill clean-up to conclude next week – The Hour
West Rocks oil spill clean-up to conclude next weekThe HourBy STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer NORWALK — The vast majority of the oil that spilled into a pond at the Sunrise Hill condominium complex last week has been removed, and clean-up crews are expe…
Full StoryArctic Oil Drilling Will Pump Pollution into Pristine Skies – eNews Park Forest
Los Angeles TimesArctic Oil Drilling Will Pump Pollution into Pristine SkieseNews Park Forest“In addition to the excess air pollution from the Discoverer and Shell's other ships, Shell's drilling poses other risks. Drilling for oil in the rem…
Full StoryTransocean Employee Hurt in BP Blast Asks for Separate Trial – Bloomberg
Telegraph.co.ukTransocean Employee Hurt in BP Blast Asks for Separate TrialBloombergBuddy Trahan, a Transocean Ltd. (RIG) rig supervisor who barely survived the BP Plc (BP/) Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, asked a federal judge to free his stalled pers…
Full StoryShell EPA Permits for Alaska Drilling Challenged in Court – BusinessWeek
Los Angeles TimesShell EPA Permits for Alaska Drilling Challenged in CourtBusinessWeek21 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc's air pollution permits for offshore oil drilling in Alaska were challenged by environmental groups who said the permits v…
Full StoryYellowstone River: Lawsuit over Exxon oil spill sent back to state court – The Missoulian
Yellowstone River: Lawsuit over Exxon oil spill sent back to state courtThe MissoulianBILLINGS – A federal judge has returned to state court a lawsuit by Montana landowners whose property was contaminated with crude oil from a broken Exxon Mobil pipeli…
Full StoryMDEQ’s Pollution Emergency Fund to $5M from oil spill settlement – The Republic
MDEQ's Pollution Emergency Fund to $5M from oil spill settlementThe RepublicMississippi's share of a settlement from a minority partner in BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico will go into the state's Pollution Emergency Fund. The …
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