Disasters

"Exxon Mobil Estimates Mont. Spill Will Cost $42M"

"BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cleaning up tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from a pipeline and fouled a stretch of Montana's renowned Yellowstone River is expected to cost Exxon Mobil Corp. an estimated $42.6 million, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press."

Matthew Brown reports for the Associated Press August 22, 2011.

Source: AP, 08/23/2011

"Weather Alerts Are Imperiled, NOAA Warns"

"Without money to build a new satellite, the federal government will no longer be able to forecast severe weather events far enough in advance for communities to take life-saving action five years from now. That was the message that Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, delivered on Wednesday at a town-hall-style meeting in Denver."

Source: Green (NYT), 08/18/2011

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