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He wants a pipeline moved out of an Ark. watershed, but thinks a pipeline through the Ogallala aquifer is a good idea. The contradiction grates on critics.
Rep. Tim Griffin, a staunch supporter of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, recently asked...
May 9, 2013
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A crucial number is removed, without explanation, from the EPA website that is tracking the cleanup of the 2010 dilbit spill Michigan’s Kalamazoo River.
A key piece of data related to the biggest tar sands oil spill in U.S. history has disappeared from...
May 6, 2013
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Local wetlands experts say that oil is in the lake, and Exxon tweaks its message.
When ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured on March 29, the company announced that no oil had...
Apr 10, 2013
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People in Nebraska are asking: If a pipeline that already exists needs to be moved in Arkansas, why route the Keystone through the Ogallala aquifer?
The utility that supplies water to most of central Arkansas has been concerned for years about an...
Apr 9, 2013
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Risks of using an aging pipeline network for Canadian heavy oil, well-known to industry and discussed over many years, have never been addressed.
The Pegasus pipeline that ruptured and spilled thousands of gallons of tar sands crude in Mayflower...
Apr 3, 2013
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Jay Carney, White House spokesperson, said the EPA is the federal on-scene coordinator, but the reality on the ground is a different story.
MAYFLOWER, Ark.—A warehouse next to highway I-40 here at the edge of Mayflower, Ark., houses the...
Apr 2, 2013
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The pipeline, called the Pegasus, leaked for about 45 minutes, according to local sources. Exxon has recovered 185,000 gallons of oil and water at site.
A pipeline that ruptured and leaked at least 80,000 gallons of oil into central Arkansas on Friday...
Mar 30, 2013
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Enbridge agrees to comply with EPA order to dredge Kalamazoo River. Final cleanup costs could top $1 billion.
If all goes well, the next oil removal operation on Michigan's Kalamazoo River will mark the...
Mar 27, 2013
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Scientists say the 1.3 gallon spill in the lab tank omitted real-world factors that made dilbit sink in Michigan’s million-gallon Kalamazoo River spill.
A recent industry-backed study of diluted bitumen, the Canadian crude oil that would be shipped...
Mar 14, 2013
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EPA demands some dredging of Kalamazoo River, but the Canadian company responsible for the million gallon spill is objecting. Clean-up is in its 3rd year.
Two and a half years after the costliest oil pipeline spill in U.S. history, the company...
Jan 28, 2013
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