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Mr. Trash Wheel, a mechanism that collects trash from tributaries that feed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor sits in the water, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Baltimore. Many novel devices are being used or tested worldwide to trap plastic trash in rivers and smaller streams before it can get into the ocean. Officials say Mr. Trash Wheel has inspired fans to begin recycling or join trash cleanups.
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River Trash Traps Chew at Huge Ocean Plastics Problem
These devices are fledgling attempts to dent an estimated 8.8 million tons of plastic that gets into the ocean every year.
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A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported.
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Pipeline's Safeguards Not Working in Louisiana Diesel Spill
The spill sent 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a wetland.
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Federal prosecutors say a New Orleans-based company has agreed to turn over a $432 million trust fund and pay $43 million to settle a lawsuit over cleaning up the nation's longest-running oil spill.
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It has been leaking since 2004.
December 23, 2021
Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La.
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Lawsuit: Ida Outages Due to 'Gum and Super Glue' at Utility
About 902,000 customers lost power after the hurricane.
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A Google Maps roadside view of Formosa Plastics' Point Comfort, TX facility.
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Judge Drops Suit as Corps Reconsiders Plastics Complex
The conglomerate has plans to build a $9.4 billion plastics complex in the U.S.
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Groups Challenge Plastics Plant Permits
They want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana.
February 17, 2020
In this June 4, 2010, file photo, a worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La.
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BP Oil Spill Cash Rebuilds
The island is being restored to nearly its former size after devastating offshore oil spill 10 years ago.
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Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit
The Army Corps of Engineers is accused of failing to disclose environmental damage and public health risks, and of failing to adequately consider environmental damage from the Formosa Plastics plant.
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Goodyear to Pay $6.7M for Exploding Tire
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Lawmakers Back Fisheries Disaster Request
They claim that freshwater flooding into saltwater ecosystems has killed oysters, hurt fish catches and damaged livelihoods.
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Hidden Oil Spill: Study Contradicts Owner's Claims
The company and scientists can't agree on how much oil is still leaking from a hurricane-induced spill in the Gulf of Mexico 14 years ago.
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$1.5B in Tax Breaks for LA Plant
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Dismal Time for Gulf Oil
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Grower Jason McDonald, at The Great Mississippi Tea Company, near Brookhaven, Miss., shows some of the tea plants he hopes to develop into a strong sustainable cash crop.
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Pricey Tea a Growing Niche in U.S., Canada
There's money to be made because more Americans are willing to pay premium prices for what they consider top quality, said tea consultant Nigel Melican.
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