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US oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay 310 million reales ($155
million) to Brazil for an oil spill last year that fouled beaches in Rio de
Janeiro, officials said Saturday.
Pingpong robots could clean up oil spills
If one robot can accomplish a singular task, then much more could be
done with hundreds of them, including cleaning up huge oil spills, shows a
study.
Pipeline leaked more than 2,000 gallons of gasoline in
Hillsborough
More than 2,000 gallons of gasoline spilled last week from a pipeline
at the intersection of Route 206 and New Amwell Road, according to
officials from Buckeye Pipe Line Co. L.P. on Saturday.
That is a significant increase from the company’s original estimate of
25 gallons.
Worries follow pipeline route through Pawnee’s ancestral
grounds
Landowners who want the Keystone XL pipeline off the ground
where they live often speak on behalf of generations of Nebraska families.
Montana reviews oil pipeline easement request
The Montana Land Board is preparing to sell easements to a
Canadian company so that the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline can run
through the state as it crosses some of Montana’s most important rivers.
Texas Landowner Gabe Cordova Says Keystone Pipeline Forces
Him To Give Up Land
The Keystone Pipeline may be held up in Congress, but the private
sector’s moving forward. Just ask Gabe Cordova, a Texas landowner who
says Trans Canada is pushing him off his land.
International nuclear safety meet starts in Fukushima
A three-day international conference aimed at ensuring nuclear plant
safety–in the wake of the nation’s worst nuclear accident last year–kicked
off Saturday in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture.
IAEA, Fukushima Prefecture sign agreement to cooperate on
decontamination, radiation monitoring