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What the Keystone XL pipeline has in store for America
It has been three years since an Enbridge Energy pipeline ruptured beneath this small western Michigan town, spewing more than 840,000 gallons of thick oil sands crude into the Kalamazoo River and Talmadge Creek, the largest oil pipeline failure in the country’s history. Last March, an Exxon Mobil pipeline burst in Mayflower, Ark., releasing thousands […]
BP balks on compensating for oil spill
BP says the lawyer administering the compensation fund is misinterpreting the terms of the agreement and making pay-outs that are too generous. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21814732 Last year BP agreed to pay compensation to around 100,000 people and companies – including fishermen and restaurant owners – who claimed the oil spill had harmed their livelihoods or their health […]