crude oil

Ohio Pipeline Spill Leaked Double the Amount of Crude Oil Originally Estimated

Ohio Pipeline Spill Leaked Double the Amount of Crude Oil Originally Estimated

The pipeline that oozed oil into the Oak Glen Nature Preserve near Cincinnati, OH a week ago leaked more crude oil than originally estimated—about two times more. Federal investigators now estimate that 20,000 gallons leaked last week, threatening the drinking supply and wildlife in the area, the Associated Press reported. Federal investigators say a pipeline in […]

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    Feds, State File Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil over Tar Sands Oil Spill in Mayflower, AR

    Feds, State File Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil over Tar Sands Oil Spill in Mayflower, AR

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Today the U.S. and the state of Arkansas filed a joint enforcement action against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) in federal district court in Little Rock, AR. The complaint addresses ExxonMobil’s unlawful discharge of heavy crude oil from a 20-inch-diameter interstate pipeline —the Pegasus Pipeline—that ruptured in […]

    First Nations Unite to Oppose Crude Oil Pipeline and Tanker Expansion

    First Nations Unite to Oppose Crude Oil Pipeline and Tanker Expansion

    Tar Sands Action First Nations, whose unceded territory encompasses the entire coastline of British Columbia (B.C.), have formed a united front, banning all exports of tar sands crude oil through their territories, and effectively all of B.C.—whether by Enbridge in the north or Kinder-Morgan in the south. Several new First Nations signed the Save the […]