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9 hospitalized in Texas toxic spill
A toxic cloud that formed after 300 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked at a southeast Texas storage facility sent nine people to the hospital and forced thousands of residents indoors, an emergency management official said Thursday.
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Trial begins over European oil spill
Nearly a decade after what many consider Spain’s worst environmental disaster, a trial begins Tuesday over the massive oil spill in November 2002 that blackened hundreds of miles of coastline along Spain and France.
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Shell faces Nigeria spill case
Oil giant Shell is due to appear in court in the Netherlands charged with polluting villages in the Niger Delta, a case that may set a legal precedent.
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Caramel spill turns river brown
Environment officers are monitoring a river near Lampeter after a tanker crash saw up to 6,000 litres of caramel food additive leak into the Nant Creuddyn in Ceredigion.
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Flier sues Southwest over hot tea spill
A Tennessee woman sued Southwest Airlines and a flight attendant Tuesday for 0,000 for serving tea she says severely burned her.
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Protests spill over to other S African mines
Labour unrest spreads to two more mines in demand for higher wages and better living conditions.
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Board: BP missed the big hazard issues in spill
HOUSTON (AP) — BP and the drilling contractor it hired to operate the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon focused too closely on workers’ personal safety at the expense of preventing major hazards, such as those that ultimately caused the rig to blow…
BP seeks $15bn spill settlement
Negotiations accelerating and an agreement could be reached before the Democratic party’s convention in September
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Two jailed over New Zealand oil spill
Captain of ship and his navigation officer sentenced to seven months in prison for causing environmental disaster.
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Court approves $7.8bn BP spill settlement
The judge did not rule on the group’s argument that the trial on remaining actions should be delayed until after approval had been given to the deal
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Engineer arrested, feds probe BP’s spill response
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — By arresting a former BP engineer Tuesday, federal prosecutors for the first time showed their hand in the Gulf oil spill case, saying they were probing whether BP PLC and its employees broke the law by…
US makes first arrest in BP oil spill case
Authorities arrest BP engineer for destroying evidence linked to the massive oil spill on the US Gulf Coast in 2010.
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Ex-BP engineer arrested in Gulf oil spill case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges Tuesday in the Gulf oil spill, accusing a former BP engineer of deleting more than 300 text messages that indicated the blown-out well was spewing far more crude than…
U.S. charges ex-BP engineer obstructed spill probe
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A former BP Plc engineer was arrested and charged on Tuesday with intentionally destroying evidence related to how much oil was spilling from the company’s broken well in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, the U.S.…
First charges filed over BP spill
A former BP engineer is accused in the US of obstruction of justice over the 2010 Gulf oil spill – the first criminal charge in connection with the disaster.
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Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages indicating the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico was much greater than what the company later reported and that BP’s efforts to control…
BP engineer arrested in Gulf spill probe
Charges do not touch on the question of responsibility for the disaster, which could be brought against employees or the company itself
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1st criminal charges filed in BP oil spill
The first criminal charges have been filed in connection with the BP Gulf oil disaster two years ago, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Gulf of Mexico spill takes toll on health
While some ailing local residents and clean-up workers have settled with BP, others have filed class-action suits.
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Moscow to bring spill charges against TNK-BP
Russia has ordered that charges be brought against TNK-BP, BP’s Russian oil venture, over damages caused by oil spills in Siberia
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