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After collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
March 25, 2014The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into...
Read moreU.S. covered up massive PCB contamination at Okinawa base
March 25, 2014U.S. military officials did not report the contamination to Japanese authorities, and did nothing to alleviate the contamination.
Read moreDioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor
March 24, 2014"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."
Read moreFracking encroaches on Pennsylvania forests
March 21, 2014Five activists were arrested Mar. 20 in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Park for protesting fracking operations there. Blocking the only access point to a wellpad, they chained themselves to barrels of concrete.
Read moreRegulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast
March 21, 2014But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.
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