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- Tulsa-based Magellan agrees to $5.3M penalty for fuel spills
- Magellan Midstream Partners will pay $5.3 million to cover civil penalties related to fuel spills at 11 different pipeline locations over the past 10 years. Six of the alleged 11 Clean Air Act violations, including the two largest spills, occurred in Kansas, according to the complaint and consent...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- EPA moves in to clean up after another Greka spill
- LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking over the cleanup of an oil spill in Santa Barbara County after failed efforts by Greka Oil & Gas Inc., a company whose long record of inland oil spills could soon lead to new legislation. Officials announced...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- Refinery linked to 400 spills in 9 years
- LOS OLIVOS -- When a Firestone Vineyard employee discovered oil trickling down a creek in January in this wine country town, the source of the contamination was no surprise to firefighters. Of 21 refineries in California, Greka Oil & Gas Inc. is the fourth-smallest producer, but the...
- Research articles 2008-03-30
- Company called 'serial spiller'
- LOS OLIVOS -- When a Firestone Vineyard employee discovered oil trickling down a creek in January in this wine country town, the source of the contamination was no surprise to firefighters. Of 21 refineries in California, Greka Oil & Gas Inc. is the fourth-smallest producer, but the...
- Research articles 2008-03-30
- South Korea oil spill devastates marine life: official report
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's worst oil spill has devastated marine life, halving the number of sea plants and mollusks found off the western coast, a government report said Thursday. The oil leak also threatened the underwater food chain, endangering fish and sea birds, the Environment Ministry report said....
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Rail tanker leak creates Amtrak delays
- A railroad tanker car leaking corrosive material this morning stopped an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train in Oakland this morning, stranding commuters for a half-hour and forcing them onto BART, buses and a train to Chicago to continue their trips. ``There was a tanker leak in our yard''...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- OUR VIEW
- A smelly lawsuit The Sierra Club should back off Sierra Club leaders don't seem to care much about keeping local utility rates in check, or preventing sewage spills into Fountain Creek. If they did, they wouldn't be pressing a federal judge to hammer Colorado...
- Research articles 2008-02-09
- LAWYER: AGENCY IS DOING ITS PART
- DENVER - Colorado Springs Utilities is pouring more than $300 million into preventing sewage spills, its attorney said Thursday in asking a federal judge to deny claims for stiff penalties in a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club. "No other community has a larger stake in ensuring...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER: UTILITIES DIDN'T TAKE PRECAUTIONS
- DENVER - An environmental engineer took Colorado Springs Utilities to task Monday for misreporting the causes of sewage spills and for failing to take adequate safeguards. Bruce Bell of Monroe, N.Y., testified for the Sierra Club in the opening day of trial in a federal lawsuit brought...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- TRIAL OVER SEWAGE SPILLS BEGINS TODAY
- Accused of spilling sewage into Fountain Creek in violation of the Clean Water Act, Colorado Springs Utilities will be in federal court today to defend itself against a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club. "This is a major waterway in Colorado, and we believe this is a...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Trial opens over SKorea's worst oil spill
- SEOUL AFP — The trial of five people accused of negligence in South Korea's worst oil spill, which has devastated marine farms and destroyed livelihoods, got underway Friday, officials said. The defendants were not present since the judges, prosecutors and lawyers only discussed court procedures, a court official told...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Chinese county warns tap water unsafe after chemical spill
- BEIJING AFP — Officials in central China told residents not to drink the tap water after a chemical spill tainted supplies, reportedly killing one and sickening hundreds. The spill fouled local water supplies in Chenxi county in Hunan province and caused hundreds of people to seek treatment for apparent...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Fish seller commits suicide in protest over S Korea oil spill: official
- SEOUL AFP — A fish seller died Saturday after drinking poison and setting himself ablaze during a protest demanding compensation for South Korea's worst oil spill, officials said. The suicide by Ji Chang-Hwan follows the recent deaths of two fish farmers, who also drank poison in despair at the...
- Research articles 2008-01-18
- SKorea to tighten rules against spill-prone oil tankers
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea plans to bring forward a ban on visits by single-hulled tankers following the country's worst oil spill, a maritime official said Friday. A drifting barge smashed into the 147,000-ton Hong Kong-registered supertanker Hebei Spirit on December 7 in the Yellow Sea, holing it in...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- SKorea in emergency survey of oil spill damage: officials
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's government will conduct an emergency survey of ecological systems on the west coast after parts were hit by the country's worst oil spill, officials said Tuesday. The survey will be conducted soon, an environment ministry spokesman said, as concerns rose over marine life after...
- Research articles 2007-12-18
- Large oil spill near North Sea oil platform: Norway
- OSLO AFP — Thousands of tonnes of oil poured into the North Sea Wednesday as it was being piped from an offshore platform to a loading buoy, Norwegian authorities and the platform's operator said. A plane, a helicopter and boats were scrambled to the scene in the Statfjord oilfield,...
- Research articles 2007-12-12
- Weather helps control SKorea's worst oil spill: coast guard
- TAEAN, South Korea AFP — Officials said Wednesday they have started to break down a huge seaborne crude oil slick as thousands cleaned up beaches and marine farms already coated by South Korea's worst oil spill. Almost 12,000 people, 220 ships and five helicopters were fighting the spill on...
- Research articles 2007-12-10
- SKorea battles worst ever oil spill: officials
- SEOUL AFP — A tanker spilled more than 10,000 tons of crude oil into the Yellow Sea after it was holed by a barge Friday in what officials said was South Korea's worst ever oil spill. Authorities battled to contain the oil inside a boom some eight kilometres (five...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Cleanup contractor won't answer spill questions
- SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers investigating the recent Bay Area oil spill and cleanup effort are suddenly facing a major difficulty in probing what happened. Company officials responsible for the initial response are refusing to be questioned at a hearing today. Imelda Ilerenas, a spokeswoman for Louisiana-based The...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
- Probe into oil spill, cleanup hits snag
- SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers investigating the recent Bay Area oil spill and cleanup effort are suddenly facing a major difficulty in probing what happened. Company officials responsible for the initial response are refusing to be questioned at a hearing today. Imelda Ilerenas, a spokeswoman for Louisiana-based The...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
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