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Black Elk oil platform fire improves
The three Filipino oil workers who were seriously injured in a Nov.
16 explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico are in
improving health, according to the Philippines embassy. Wilberto Ilagan, a
50-year-old welder in good condition, has been able to walk unaided,
while 52-year-old pipefitter Renato “Rey” Dominguez, as well as a worker
is not being identified out of respect for his family’s wishes, are conscious
and can move certain parts of their bodies, officials announced in a
statement Sunday.
Three Arrested in Pipeline Barricade
Action to Halt Keystone XL Construction
Today three people where arrested outside Tyler, Texas after they
barricaded themselves in a mile long segment of Keystone XL pipe and
successfully shut down construction at the worksite for most of the day.
Keystone XL protesters blockade themselves inside pipeline
On Monday two activists protesting the expansion of the Keystone
XL pipeline blockaded themselves inside the pipeline itself in an
unprecedented protest move. The Tar Sands Blockade group has staged a
number of high-profile blockades in East Texas, where the southern leg of
the pipeline is being constructed, but this was the very first blockade to
enter the pipeline and involved extreme risk to the participants.
Landowner Fights Keystone XL Pipeline By Suing the State
Mike Bishop is fired up. He’s standing with about a dozen protestors
and half that many reporters in front of a state office building, waving a
lawsuit in his hands.
Report: La. refinery accidents down
Refineries in Louisiana had fewer accidents in 2011 than the previous
year, but those accidents resulted in more pollution being released,
according to a Louisiana Bucket Brigade report.
Louisiana refinery accidents decline,
but accident emissions rise, Louisiana Bucket Brigade reports
Louisiana’s 17 petroleum refineries reported a slight decline in the
number of accidents in 2011, but registered an increase in the chemicals
released to the land, air and water during those accidents, according to a