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US Navy removes fuel from plane that overshot Hawaii runway and is now resting on a reef and sand
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Monday that it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a large plane that overshot a Hawaii runway and landed in an environmentally sensitive bay, but it doesn't have a timetable for when it will get the aircraft out of the water. Rear...
Today in History: November 15, Sherman’s 'March to the Sea' brings Civil War closer to end
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2023. There are 46 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 15, 1864, late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh (teh-KUM’-seh)...
Format of public comment meetings for Dakota Access oil pipeline upsets opponents
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are taking issue with the format of private oral testimony in meetings for public comment on a draft environmental review of the controversial pipeline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of two public...
Cleanup is done on a big Kansas oil spill on the Keystone system, the company and EPA say
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of the Keystone pipeline system has finished cleaning up a massive December 2022 oil spill, and the creek affected by it is flowing naturally again, the company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say. Pipeline operator TC Energy promised...
A ferry that ran aground repeatedly off the Swedish coast is leaking oil and is extensively damaged
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A ferry that ran aground off southeastern Sweden was leaking oil into the Baltic Sea and suffered “extensive damage,” a spokesman for the Swedish Coast Guard said Monday. On Oct. 22, the Marco Polo, operated by TT-Line of Germany, was running between two...
Towboat owner pleads guilty to pollution charge in oil spill along West Virginia-Kentucky border
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a towboat that sank and spilled oil into a river along the West Virginia-Kentucky border pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal pollution charge. David K. Smith, 55, of Paducah, Kentucky, entered the plea in federal court in Huntington to...
ExxonMobil loses bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — ExxonMobil lost a court bid Wednesday to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California — a crucial part of its efforts to restart offshore oil wells that were shut in 2015 after a pipeline leak caused the worst coastal spill in 25 years. ...
Feds leave future of Dakota Access pipeline's controversial river crossing unclear in draft review
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal officials on Friday released a draft environmental review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but said they're waiting for more input before deciding the future of the line’s controversial river crossing in North Dakota. The draft was released more...
