Pipeline valve dispute tied to California oil spill debate
Federal probes follow a Refugio spill from an underground Plains All American line. County officials note the pipeline lacked an automatic shut-off valve due to a 1980s court ruling that it fell under federal interstate-regulation. Plains defends manual shutdown as standard safety practice while environmentalists urge automatic shutoffs to prevent future disasters.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa Barbara
Kevin Drude
Energy and Minerals Division
Drude
Refugio State Beach
Plains All American Pipeline
Plains
Midland
Texas
Patrick Hodgins
Linda Krop
The
Environmental Defense Center
Officer acquitted in 137 shot Cleveland killings
Michael Brelo, a white Cleveland officer, was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter after firing 49 shots at a suspect vehicle during a 137 shot barrage that killed two unarmed black occupants. Judge O'Donnell said he could not convict based on alone. Protests followed outside the courthouse and across the city.
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Cleveland
Michael Brelo
U.S. Department of Justice
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
John P. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Brelo
Timothy Russell
Fire on Louisiana oil platform extinguished by Coast Guard
The Coast Guard says a fire on an offshore oil platform in Breton Sound is out. No injuries were reported and a light oil sheen near the site appears to be dissipating. About 28 workers were evacuated when the fire began early Friday. Cleanup crews with containment boom and skimmers remain on scene, with tanks holding roughly 5,000 gallons of oil.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Louisiana
Carlos Vega
Breton Sound
Breton National Wildlife Refuge
Barrier Islands
Vega
Oil boom collapses as fracking jobs vanish across sectors
Fracking fueled a surge in oil industry investment and job growth across the U.S. and Canada, with oil above 100 dollars a barrel and strong production gains. A price plunge from June to January triggered rapid layoffs, hitting Texas hardest as mining and related sectors shed workers while retailers also reduced staff.
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Jim Burkhard
IHS Energy
U.S
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Doug Suttles
Encana Corp
United States
Suttles
Goldman Sachs
Texas
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Odessa American
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