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Oil spill detected on frozen Siberian river, clean-up operation underway

Oil spill detected on frozen Siberian river, clean-up operation underway
Russia’s environmental watchdog together with prosecutors initiated a probe into an oil spill detected on the ice of the Angara River in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, a watchdog source told TASS on Thursday. "Around 250 square meters of ice have been polluted, an expert group is working at the site together with prosecutors and…
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Notice of violation issued in French Broad River kerosene spill

Notice of violation issued in French Broad River kerosene spill
Cleanup and monitoring of the first known kerosene spill into the French Broad River continued Thursday by state regulatory agencies and environmental remediation services. Caroline LaFond, acting regional supervisor for the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Underground Storage Tanks Section said the agency issued a notice of violation Thursday to Mountain Energy, for spilling oil…
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Vancouver oil spill report predicts dire consequences for Burrard Inlet

Vancouver oil spill report predicts dire consequences for Burrard Inlet
An oil spill near the Lions Gate Bridge would pollute the shoreline all along the Burrard Inlet within a matter of hours, a new report commissioned by the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, and the Tsleil-Waltuth Nation has found. The computer modelling by Genwest Systems Inc., from Edmonds, Wa, looked at the potential trajectory of an oil…
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