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offers very specific local information that often fails to make it into
official scientific reports.
Half of World’s Oil Spills Happens in Russia – Greenpeace
More than 20,000 oil spills, or half the world’s annual total, take
place in Russia, a senior official of the country’s branch of Greenpeace
said.
Black Elk Energy issues incident update
There is no ongoing spill from the site of a mid-November explosion
on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico and sheen reported was minor, Black Elk
Energy said.
Enbridge announces $2.5B pipeline expansion from North
Dakota to Superior
Enbridge Energy has notified stockholders that it will proceed with a
$2.5 billion pipeline expansion running 600 miles from the booming North
Dakota Bakken oil fields to its Superior facility.
We got a copy of the subpoena Chevron sent a rebellious
shareholder
Chevron has a lot of money. Which is a good thing, because lawyers
are expensive, and Chevron has developed quite an affinity for lawyers.
And if you’re a Chevron shareholder who dares speak out, expect to hear
from them.
Keystone Review Meaningless Without Climate Assessment
The U.S. environmental assessment of a new Keystone XL pipeline
route from Canada will be meaningless unless it considers the effect
mining of oil sands has on climate change, opponents of the project said.
Black Elk launches probe of fatal platform fire
Black Elk Energy is conducting an internal investigation into what
caused an explosion on one of its Gulf of Mexico oil platforms last month,
killing three workers and inuring others.
Japanese nuclear plant ‘sitting on active fault line’
The operator of Japan’s Tsuruga nuclear power plant may be ordered
to decommission the facility after seismologists confirmed that it sits
directly atop an active fault line.