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CP Rail launches major clean-up effort after derailment in Maine
April 16, 2023 - 2:51 PM

MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway crews faced a hefty cleanup after a freight train derailed in rural Maine on Saturday, setting several cars ablaze.
AP Exclusive: Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods
September 19, 2017 - 12:25 PM

PASADENA, Texas - The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston's dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey finally stopped. Aerial photos reviewed by The Associated Press show dark-colored water surrounding the site as the floods receded, flowing through Vince Bayou and into the city's ship channel.
AP Exclusive: Toxic sites in likely path of Irma
September 09, 2017 - 5:34 PM

MIAMI - Dozens of personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency worked to secure some of the nation's most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida. The agency said its employees evacuated personnel, secured equipment and safeguarded hazardous materials in anticipation of storm surges and heavy rains.
Alaska underwater pipeline leak may have started in December
March 07, 2017 - 7:24 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A pipeline spewing natural gas into Alaska's Cook Inlet may have started leaking in December, two months before the leak was spotted from the air, according to a federal pipeline safety office.
Alaska underwater gas leak continues, 2nd group to sue
February 28, 2017 - 2:08 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A second environmental group has given formal notice that it will sue the owner of an underwater pipeline spewing natural gas into Alaska's Cook Inlet.
After train fires, feds warn Bakken oil may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil
January 02, 2014 - 2:24 PM

BILLINGS, Mont. - Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials said Thursday that crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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CP Rail launches major clean-up effort after derailment in Maine

AP Exclusive: Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods

AP Exclusive: Toxic sites in likely path of Irma

Alaska underwater pipeline leak may have started in December

Alaska underwater gas leak continues, 2nd group to sue

After train fires, feds warn Bakken oil may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil

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