Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas
Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell… Read more »
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Suncor spill on March 24 not reported until April 11
Author Jennifer Moreau Suncor is cleaning up a spill at its Port Moody plant, on the Burnaby border, where a small amount of material has seeped into the Burrard Inlet…. Read more »
Analysis: Spills flame Canadian oil debate, but won’t curb flows to U.S
Author Jeffrey Jones (Reuters) – Two high-profile oil spills won’t stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends… Read more »
12,000 barrels of oil recovered in Arkansas pipeline spill
Video Player at http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/World/ID/2365995159/?sort=MostRecent Exxon Mobil Corp. says crews have recovered about 12,000 barrels of oil near Mayflower, Arkansas, after the company’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured Friday afternoon. The pipeline carries… Read more »
Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill amid debate over Canada-to-US pipelines
Ruptured pipeline in Arkansas is second incident in a week and comes as US debates controversial Keystone XL project Exxon Mobil was working to clean up thousands of barrels of… Read more »
U.S. orders Enbridge to dredge Kalamazoo River after huge oil spill two years ago
Author JOHN BONNAR More than two and a half years after a pipeline rupture spilled heavy oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering… Read more »
From Dumb to Dumber — More Oil Spill Risk and Less Coastguard
Author ForestEthics More Oil Spill Risk and Less Coastguard Means Moving From Dumb to Dumber MEDIA CONTACT: Ben West, Tar Sands Campaign Director, ForestEthics Advocacy, 604-710-5340 VANCOUVER — Yesterday, the… Read more »
Stories from the Spills
Speakers at a ForestEthics Advocacy Town Hall Vancouver, B.C.