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Major oil corporation under fire over decade-old spill that caused humanitarian crisis: 'Tragedy'

In 2015, an oil spill into the River Thange in Kenya began a humanitarian crisis affecting 242 households in the area. Despite 10 years of unexplained illnesses and deaths, it has taken until now for ... read more

What Are The 2 Largest Oil Spills On Record? (And What Caused Them?) - MSN

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean can ... read more

Broken pipe leaks oil into Turkey Creek in Kilgore - KLTV 7

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - The City of Kilgore announced on Sunday that an oil spill had taken place. A broken pipe from a local business caused oil to leak into Turkey Creek, city representatives said. read more

Exclusive | Sewage spills into NYC bay from broken pipe — as the alert failed to reach public - New York Post

The sewage gushed for five hours — at times reaching a velocity of 100 gallons per minute — before the DEP fixed the pipe, ultimately releasing a 7,084-gallon cocktail of human waste, food ... read more

Consumers Energy plant fire near Bay City causes mineral oil spill - Detroit Free Press

A fire at a Consumers Energy power generating plant near Bay City caused considerable smoke in the area and led to an on-site mineral oil spill, but officials with the utility said power ... read more

Broken sewer line causes spill into creek on Northeast Side, SAWS says - KSAT.com

SAN ANTONIO – A broken 10-inch sewer line caused thousands of gallons of wastewater to be spilled into Beitel Creek on the Northeast Side, the San Antonio Water System said. read more

Oil pipeline company sues California regulators in effort to restart line that caused 2015 spill - Courthouse News Service

The spill, caused by a corroded pipeline that burst, sent 142,800 gallons of crude oil streaming into the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara. Thick, black blobs of oil washed up along the coast for ... read more

Fire at power plant won't cause customer power loss: Consumers Energy - The Detroit News

A fire involving an oil spill at a Consumer Energy power plant Monday afternoon will not result in loss of power for customers, the company said. A fire, stemming from an electric transformer ... read more

Framingham says pipe break led to 675,000 gallons of wastewater spill - MetroWest Daily News

FRAMINGHAM — The sewage overflow that sent an estimated 675,000 gallons of wastewater into the area near the Sudbury River in Framingham was caused by a break in a pressurized sewer pipe ... read more

Oil sheen on Grand River caused by transformers - WOODTV.com

Reports of an oil sheen on the Grand River near the Grand Rapids-Grandville-Walker border were confirmed to News 8 Tuesday morning by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. read more

Tree roots damage manhole, causing west Raleigh sewage spill | Raleigh News & Observer

Nearly 25,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from a manhole Wednesday in west Raleigh. The spill at 0 Chapel Hill Road was reported at 9:23 a.m. and was caused by roots growing in the sewage pipe ... read more

What Are The 2 Largest Oil Spills On Record? (And What Caused Them?)

In late April, 2010, global oil company BP was operating the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico when a sudden surge of natural gases broke through a well cap, traveling up ... read more