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US Has More Oil Spills Than You Think
June 18, 2015
The US has more oil spills than we thought and the number doubled after production increased six years ago.
8,000 “Significant” Incidents
Richard Stover, PhD, and the Center for Biological Diversity counted nearly 8,000 significant incidents, between 1986 and 2014, in records of the pipeline safety administration. By “significant” they mean causing injury, death, damages exceeding $50,000 in value, a loss of 5 barrels of highly volatile substances, 50 barrels of other liquids or there was an explosion. There have been more than 500 human deaths and 2,300 injuries through-out that period. The number of plant and animal casualties is much higher.
Oil and Gas Co's Disposal of Wastewater Causes Sharp Rise in Quakes
June 19, 2015Two new studies provide the strongest evidence yet that oil and gas companies have caused a rash of earthquakes in the central United States by injecting wastewater into underground wells.
One study, in Science, finds that the extraordinary increase in quakes took place almost exclusively within 15 kilometres of such wells. The second, in Science Advances, confirms that most seismic activity in one state, Oklahoma, is linked to wells that are used to dispose of huge volumes of saltwater.
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Bird Flu Found in Michigan Geese, Officials Confirm
June 08, 2015
LANSING, MI — A "highly pathogenic" bird flu virus that is spreading across North America has reached Michigan, officials confirmed on Monday.
H5N2 avian influenza was detected in free-ranging Canadian geese in Macomb County, according to the Michigan departments of of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Ship Wind-Power Technology Delivers 5% Fuel Efficiency Savings
June 2, 2015Norsepower Oy and Bore say the sea trial of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail — a new wind propulsion technology for ships — verified by NAPA and supported by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, confirm fuel savings of 2.6 percent using a single small Rotor Sail on a route in the North Sea. With these fuel savings, the technology has a payback period of 4 years, the companies say.
Based on the trials, Norsepower and Bore believe that a full system on Estraden with two rotors has the potential to deliver 5 percent efficiency savings on an ongoing basis. Norsepower forecasts savings of 20 percent for vessels with multiple, large rotors traveling in favorable wind routes.
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Controversial oil pipeline to Lake Superior clears hurdle in Minnesota
June 08, 2015
MINNESOTA — A controversial pipeline that would carry crude oil from North Dakota to the Great Lakes has cleared a regulatory hurdle in Minnesota.
On Friday, June 5, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously granted a certificate of need to an Enbridge Energy subsidiary for its $2.6 billion Sandpiper pipeline project - an approval that was met with pre-planned protests in Minneapolis-St. Paul this weekend.
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