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"CP Rail Legal Challenge Plunges Lac-Megantic Settlement Into Question" [1]

"A lawyer for the defunct railroad at the center of the Lac-Megantic train derailment said Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is acting deplorably and offensively by attempting to shut down proceedings to distribute over $430 million to victims and creditors of the 2013 tragedy."

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Canada [6]
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [7], 06/16/2015
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Shell's Arctic Oil Rig Leaves Seattle as Kayaktivists Warn of Disaster [8]

"Activists argue oil drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea takes US in wrong direction on combatting climate change and ignores environmental difficulties of region".

"After a final protest by kayak-paddling activists, Shell’s deep-sea oil drilling rig left the port of Seattle on Monday morning, headed for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea – and, environmentalists say, towards imminent disaster.

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Environmental Politics [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 06/16/2015
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"Texas and Oklahoma brace as Tropical Storm Bill forms in the Gulf" [13]

"Here comes the rain again. Still reeling from record rainfall in May, Texas is back in the bull's-eye as Tropical Storm Bill formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico on Monday night."

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Water & Oceans [14]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: CNN [15], 06/16/2015
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"Hackers' Favorite Target: Big Oil and All That Deadly Equipment" [16]

"Hackers have made the energy industry a favorite target."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Military [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [18], 06/12/2015
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"Lac-Mégantic Families Approve $435M Compensation Package" [19]

"Families of victims of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster involved in a class-action lawsuit voted unanimously in favour of the settlement package presented to them on Tuesday."

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Canada [6]
Source: CBC [20], 06/12/2015
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"Shell's Alaska Arctic Spill Response Plan Wins Court Approval" [21]

"A divided federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of environmental groups to revoke federal approval of Royal Dutch Shell Plc's (RDSa.L) oil spill response plans related to drilling on Alaska's remote Arctic coast."

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Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [11]
Antarctica & Arctic [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 06/12/2015
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"Californian Oil Spill Clean-Up Costs Exceed $60 Million: Newspaper" [24]

"Clean-up costs associated with a Californian oil pipeline rupture that dumped as much as 2,400 barrels of crude onto a pristine stretch of coastline and into the Pacific Ocean have exceeded $60 million, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday."

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Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
California [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 06/11/2015
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US Says Enbridge To Pay $4 Million, Restore Area Hit By 2010 Oil Spill [28]

"The United States on Monday filed a proposed settlement requiring Enbridge Inc to complete natural resource restoration projects and pay about $4 million following its 2010 oil pipeline spill in Michigan, the Justice Department said."

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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [29], 06/09/2015
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"Pipeline Firm Assured California a Spill Was 'Unlikely'" [30]

"A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line while possible was "extremely unlikely" and state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show."

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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Aljazeera America [31], 06/08/2015
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"Obama Picks Unknown Quantity to Head Pipeline Safety Agency" [32]

"The nomination of Marie Therese Dominguez, President Obama's pick to lead the federal agency that oversees pipelines, was greeted with surprise and uncertainty by pipeline safety experts." "If confirmed, Dominguez would take over an underfunded, understaffed and beleaguered agency that has faced criticism of cozy ties with industry."

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Environmental Politics [10]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: InsideClimate News [33], 06/04/2015
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