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Roughly 3,000 gallons (11,355 liters) <strong>of</strong> oil have spilled into <strong>the</strong><br />

ocean from a cargo ship accident earlier this week in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Bahamas, government <strong>of</strong>ficials said Thursday.<br />

At a news conference, Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett said<br />

crews were able to recover a portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oily water <strong>of</strong>f Grand Bahama<br />

island but he did not provide any specifics <strong>of</strong> how much. He said chemical<br />

dispersants that break up oil were not used out <strong>of</strong> concern for its effect on<br />

marine life.<br />

Mobil intensifies clean up <strong>of</strong> spill contaminated coastline in Ibeno<br />

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has intensified <strong>the</strong> clean-up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Atlantic shoreline in Akwa Ibom contaminated by <strong>the</strong> Nov. 9, oil spill<br />

emanating from its operations.<br />

NU researcher puts new spin on pipeline path<br />

It was just a coincidence, said Roy Spalding, a water chemist at <strong>the</strong><br />

University <strong>of</strong> Nebraska-Lincoln.<br />

His scientific paper on using center-pivot irrigation to clean up water<br />

contaminated by a potential future oil spill just happened to come out on<br />

<strong>the</strong> same day as a hearing on <strong>the</strong> proposed route <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> controversial<br />

Keystone XL pipeline through <strong>the</strong> Ogallala Aquifer.<br />

US authorities to interview injured Filipinos in oil rig blast<br />

The Philippine embassy in Washington on Friday said that federal<br />

authorities were expected to interview three Filipino oil rig workers who<br />

sustained burn injuries in <strong>the</strong> November 16 oil platform fire in <strong>the</strong> Gulf <strong>of</strong><br />

Mexico.<br />

Cornhuskers pack Keystone XL hearing<br />

A Dec. 5 public hearing on <strong>the</strong> proposed re-route <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Keystone XL<br />

Pipeline at <strong>the</strong> Boone County Fairgrounds in <strong>the</strong> central Nebraska town <strong>of</strong><br />

Albion was unexpectedly packed with nearly 1,000 people who showed up<br />

to sound <strong>of</strong>f on <strong>the</strong> project. The lone hearing was hosted by <strong>the</strong> Nebraska<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Quality—<strong>the</strong> only opportunity for impacted<br />

residents to sound <strong>of</strong>f on <strong>the</strong> DEQ’s findings on TransCanada’s revised<br />

plan for an oil pipeline through <strong>the</strong> state on its way to Gulf Coast<br />

refineries. Oglala Lakota Nation vice president Tom Poor Bear was among<br />

those who expressed concerns about groundwater contamination from <strong>the</strong>

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