QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's state oil company resumed pumping through the country's main pipeline on Tuesday, four days after it was damaged by a landslide. But crude spilled by the accident reached tributaries of the Amazon River and polluted drinking water for a regional capital far downstream.
The Environmental Protection Agency launched a test of oil-catching systems on the Susquehanna River to test responsiveness to an oil flush-out from nearby mine shafts, Citizens' Voice reports.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roughly 300 gallons of crude oil spilled early Friday into the Mississippi River near St. Louis after a vessel on the rain-swollen waterway slammed into a fleet of docked barges, causing 14 of them to briefly break away, according to the Coast Guard.
ExxonMobil Corp's Pegasus pipeline, which leaked nearly 5,000 barrels of crude in Mayflower, Ark, spilled one barrel of crude oil in a residential area in Ripley County, Mo., Reuters reports.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said a North Slope well operated by Weatherford International was shut down after a spill of 6,600 gallons of crude oil and other fluids, The Associated Press reports.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal pipeline safety officials on Tuesday issued a corrective action order to ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. after one of its pipelines ruptured last week in central Arkansas.
When asked whether the Exxon Mobil pipeline spill in Arkansas would affect President Obama's Keystone XL decision, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he hadn't spoken with the president on the issue, The Washington Post reports.
Exxon Mobil said it would excavate its Pegasus crude oil pipeline to find the cause of a leak that spilled thousands of barrels of oil in Arkansas, Bloomberg reports.
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — Crews recovered about 4,500 barrels of oil and water after a crude oil pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas, officials said Saturday.
The western Minnesota rail line where a Canadian Pacific train derailment caused a crude oil spill has reopened after repairs, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill that would alter the sale of helium from the Federal Helium Reserve, Roll Call reports.
A number of environmental and health groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency to force a review of the agency's smog pollution standards, The Hill reports.
Amendments to the House version of a five-year farm bill up for debate would require farmers to follow conservation guidelines to qualify for crop insurance subsidies, E&E reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed charging the Tennessee Valley Authority a $70,000 fine for quality violations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, The Associated Press reports.
Ash Grove Cement Co., based in Kansas, agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty and invest $30 million in air pollution controls to settle EPA air pollution allegations, The Associated Press reports.
Friends of the Earth aired a television advertisement criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for supporting the Savannah River MOX facility in his state, The Associated Press reports.
Canadian investment bank Peters & Co. said the United States will need to import crude from Canadian oil sands as the current surge in shale oil will be too expensive to keep up, Bloomberg reports.
