Chemical spill shuts down ramp in Alexandria, prompts detour
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The ramp from South Van Dorn Street onto eastbound Duke Street has been temporarily closed following a chemical spill, the Alexandria Police Department announced Thursday morning. Authorities have not…
Fuel Spill Leads to Lane Closures on US 130 in Haddon Township
HADDON TWP, NJ—A significant fuel spill occurred this morning on US 130 northbound, just north of I-76, leading to the closure of all lanes. The incident, first reported at 8:23 AM and…
US Coast Guard gives all clear after Louisiana spill response
(Reuters) – The Unified Command completed a line integrity test on the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company’s pipeline system near Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard said…
US Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was responding to an oil discharge near the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) Co’s pipeline system in the Gulf of Mexico, while…
Spill Proof Toddler Cups Recalled for Lead and Choking Hazards
PandaEar has announced a recall of about 1,600 stainless steel toddler cups due to health and safety risks. The 8 oz. PandaEar Stainless Steel Toddler Cups, sold in sets of two in…
Train derailment, chemical spill disrupt Thanksgiving for Kentucky town
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A train derailment that spilled molten sulfur in a remote area of eastern Kentucky on the eve of Thanksgiving disrupted holiday plans for local residents on Thursday, some…
Gulf of Mexico oil spill shuts in around 3% of daily output
(Reuters) – Around 61,165 barrels of daily oil output from at least six producers, making up about 3% of crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, has been shut in by…
Court Enforces Cleanup of Decades-Old Gasoline Spill at Union City Service Center
UNION CITY, NJ – The New Jersey Attorney General and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are taking legal action to enforce two previous DEP orders for the cleanup of a 1990…
Fuel Spill at Howell DPW Contained, No Injuries; Hazmat Responds
HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – A fuel spill was reported on Monday morning at approximately 10:13 am at the Howell Township Department of Public Works building. Emergency Services discovered about 200 gallons of…
US agency probes chemical spill at battery plant owned by GM, LG Energy
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors and…
Country Garden credit distress likely to spill over to China markets – Moody’s
LONDON (Reuters) – Credit distress at Chinese private developer Country Garden is likely to spill over to the country’s property and financial markets, weakening sentiment and delaying the recovery of the property…
Angry Ohio townspeople seek answers on train’s toxic spill
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Hundreds of irate residents of the Ohio town where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals packed into a high school gym on Wednesday, seeking answers to…
Arizona truck spill of toxic acid closes interstate highway
(Reuters) – A tanker truck hauling nitric acid overturned on an interstate highway near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, causing a leak of its highly toxic, volatile cargo in a fiery wreck that…
Keystone spill prompts scrutiny of permit allowing pipeline to run faster
(Adds editing credit) By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams WINNIPEG/CALGARY (Reuters) – The largest oil spill in the 12-year history of TC Energy Corp’s Keystone pipeline, discovered late Wednesday, raises questions about…
Sovereign bond market turmoil to spill well into next year: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Turmoil in global sovereign bond markets is set to persist for another six months to a year as central banks carry on raising interest rates to…
Three Companies Agree to Plead Guilty to Federal Offense and Pay Nearly $13 Million in Federal Fines and Response Costs for Offshore Oil Spill
LOS ANGELES – A Texas-based oil company and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, pay a $7.1 million criminal fine, and…
Alaska diesel spill of 18,000 gallons contained, may be from valve seal failure
(Reuters) -A spill of about 18,000 gallons (81,830 liters) of diesel fuel at North Slope Borough’s Point Lay tank farm in Alaska has been contained, thought to have been caused by a…
U.S. Coast Guard vessels aid in cleanup of oil spill off Louisiana
(Reuters) -The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday said it has deployed three skimming vessels and five response vessels to help clean up a spill of thousands of gallons of oil spilled into…
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company Fined $1 Million For Causing Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, LLC (“GREAT LAKES”), a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for violating the…
Hazmat team cleans roadway oil spill in Berkeley
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – Police don’t know how it happened, but on Friday, officers responded to an oil slick on North Island Road. Upon arrival, a hazardous material team was called to…
Repsol says it rules out new offshore oil spill in Peru
– Spanish energy company Repsol SA said on Wednesday it rules out a new offshore oil spill in Peru, after the Peruvian environmental regulatory agency said it was investigating if the firm…
Taylor Energy Company to Pay Over $43 Million and Transfer $432 Million Decommissioning Trust Fund to the United States for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Taylor Energy Company LLC (Taylor Energy), a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States upon liquidation to resolve its liability for…
Maytag Aircraft Corporation Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million to Resolve Liability for 2014 Jet Fuel Spill at Fort Hood
WACO – U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas announced today that defense contractor Maytag Aircraft Corporation (“Maytag”) has agreed to pay $1,901,200.96 to resolve allegations the company…
Massive honey spill shuts down U.S. interstate, creating a sticky situation
On Tuesday, a massive honey spill shut down traffic on I-65 in Indiana as workers worked to clean the road of the sweet, gooey, sticky, honey. It happened after a semi tractor-trailer…
Three Firms Hit With Federal ‘Negligent Conduct’ Charges Over California Oil Spill
A federal grand jury indicted three fossil fuel companies of negligence in the wake of a large oil spill off the coast of southern California in early October. The indictment accused Amplify…
Bridger Pipeline to pay $2 million to settle civil lawsuit over oil spill into Yellowstone River near Glendive
BILLINGS – Bridger Pipeline, LLC, a Wyoming corporation, has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with the United States and the State of Montana with a $2 million payment to help recover…
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