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Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion off Louisiana coast
A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough...
Posted on 9/2/10 at 4:39 PM
Trouble in the Gulf Part 3: Regaining Paradise
As you read this, the first of perhaps 10 million waterfowl that winter in Louisiana's coastal wetlands are flying south. Each year, fewer acres of marsh and barrier-island habitat await them. This ye...
Posted on 8/31/10 at 9:38 AM
ELCA presiding bishop calls oil spill in Gulf 'heartbreaking and infuriating'
According to a press release from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is 'heartbreaking and infuriating,' wrote the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presidin...
Posted on 6/28/10 at 5:33 AM
EPA begins tests after oil spill
BILLINGS, Mont. — Indoor air, cropland soils and residential wells downstream of a Yellowstone River oil spill will be tested for contamination after residents raised concerns about hazards from the tens of thousands of gallons of crude that poured into the watercourse, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.By By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press , July 08, 2011
N.D. tests water after oil spill
North Dakota health officials took water quality samples near Williston on Tuesday amid fears that an oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana will make it to northwest North Dakota, where the river flows into the Missouri River.July 07, 2011
UPDATE: Exxon claimed failed Mont. pipe 12 ft. under river
Federal documents show Exxon Mobil Co. told concerned regulators that an oil pipeline beneath the flooding Yellowstone River was 12 feet beneath the riverbed a month before the line broke and spewed an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the waterway.By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press , July 06, 2011
Water samples taken in ND after oil spill in MT
North Dakota health officials took water quality samples near Williston on Tuesday amid fears that an oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana will make it to northwest North Dakota, where the river flows into the Missouri River.July 06, 2011
Truck spills road oil on highway near Cavalier
The North Dakota Highway Patrol, a construction company and health officials worked in tandem through most of Tuesday to clean up about 5,000 gallons of road oil, some of which spilled into a roadside ditch following a rollover accident Monday evening near Cavalier, N.D.By By Erik Burgess, Forum Communications Co. , July 06, 2011
Oil spill spreading?
By By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press , July 06, 2011
5,000 gallons of road oil spill in ND tanker crash
A semitrailer traveling from Canada rolled off a highway in northeastern North Dakota, injuring the driver and spilling thousands of gallons of an oil product. North Dakota Health Department scientist Mike Sauer (SOW’-uhr) says environmental damage appears minimal.July 05, 2011
5,000 gallons of oil spill in ND tanker accident
A semitrailer hauling oil from Canada has rolled off a highway in far northeastern North Dakota, injuring the driver and spilling thousands of gallons of oil.July 05, 2011
N.D. authorities investigate oil spill
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say an oil spill near Keene in western North Dakota may have flowed into a stock pond where cattle drink and into a creek that drains into Lake Sakakawea.May 22, 2011
Other views: N.D. must be vigilant about spills
North Dakota should take heed of a few recent warnings of the potentially dire consequences of oil development. Earlier this month, when a pipeline failed near Keene, in McKenzie County, 4,200 gallons of potentially toxic saltwater and 5 gallons of oil ran into Lake Sakakawea. It was the first known time that oil or waste from oil production entered the Missouri River reservoir, a critical waterway and the drinking supply for cities, including Williston and Bismarck.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , April 29, 2011
Damage believed minimal from oil spill
Environmental damage from a saltwater and oil spill in western North Dakota that reached Lake Sakakawea is believed minimal, state and federal officials said Wednesday.By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , April 07, 2011
ND man sues federal government for sidewalk spill
A Wilton man who says he slipped and fell on ice outside the town's post office is suing the government for half a million dollars.April 01, 2011
Citing BP, Obama rejects East Coast oil drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the nation's East Coast.December 01, 2010
AP Enterprise: Rig victims' kin feel left out
JONESVILLE, La. (AP) — Relatives of the 11 men killed when an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico say too much of the public focus has been on the spill rather than the lives lost.November 24, 2010
Weather slows efforts to stop N.D. oil well leak
FARGO — Winter weather is hampering efforts by crews to stop an oil well leak in northwest North Dakota, but officials said Tuesday the delay should not affect containment or cleanup of the spill.By By Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press , November 24, 2010
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