(LITTLE ROCK, AR) – Yesterday the United States and the state of Arkansas filed a joint enforcement action against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) in federal district court in Little Rock, AR. The complaint addresses ExxonMobil’s unlawful discharge of heavy crude oil from a 20-inch-diameter interstate pipeline – the Pegasus Pipeline [...]
(ELSIPOGTOG, NB) – The Mikmaq community is outraged by the treatment and arrest of women carrying out sacred duties to protect water against seismic testing in Kent County, NB. Suzanne Patles and Lorraine Clair, two Mikmaq women recently arrested for conducting ceremonial prayers near SWN’s seismic testing site in Kent County are calling on all [...]
By Catherine Owen (WINDSOR, ON) – Windsor is fast becoming world renowned for the dubious distinction of being the perfect place to view Detroit’s infamous pet coke piles. The Guardian is just the latest international publication to run a story on the piles, joining other reputable news sources such as the Globe and Mail and [...]
(SEATTLE, WA) – Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that he has directed City departments to build on earlier "green fleet" efforts to meet the challenge of cutting the City’s annual use of petroleum-based fuels by 1 million gallons by 2020. Accomplishing this goal will require improving operational efficiencies, making investments in alternative-fuel infrastructure, and [...]
(EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND) – A major new development to test cutting edge wind technology in an offshore environment before commercial deployment was given the green light today by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. Mr Ewing granted consent for an offshore demonstration wind turbine with an installed capacity of up to 7 MW at the Fife Energy Park [...]
By Tim Smitheman (BLENHEIM, ON) – Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) have announced a donation and pledge of $11.5 million dollars to the community of Chatham-Kent as part of The South Kent Wind (SKW) Community Benefits Program. The Program includes an immediate $1.5 million for community-based initiatives and the [...]
By Peter Leon (BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – On Wednesday March 20, 2013, at 1:01 am, officers from the Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of single motor vehicle collision on Muskoka Road 118 involving a transport truck. A preliminary investigation from the scene has revealed that a tandem trailer carrying [...]
(HELSINKI, FINLAND) – The Finnish government has submitted to the parliament the European Commission proposals about the alternative fuels programme for transport and about its schedule as well as the regulations related to the fuels. The EU Commission has committed itself to the promotion of alternative fuels to increase their use and to enable uniform [...]
(NEW ORLEANS, LA) – Responders continue to monitor and prepare salvage, fire-fighting and pollution contingencies for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans Wednesday. ES & H, the oil spill response organization, is on scene and has mobilized 7,218 feet of containment boom and [...]
(NEW ORLEANS, LA) — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an allision between a tug pushing a barge and a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report that the 47-foot tug, Shanon E. Settoon, was pushing a 154-foot oil [...]
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