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ExxonMobil Appeals Ruling by Guyanese Court in Oil Spill Insurance Coverage

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – American oil giant ExxonMobil said Friday it had appealed a recent Guyanese court ruling requiring it to obtain insurance for “unlimited liability” in the event of a major oil spill off the coast of Guyana. The …

$3.4M Fine Proposed over 2021 California Oil Pipeline Leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An energy company should be fined nearly $3.4 million for safety violations involving a 2021 oil pipeline spill that fouled Southern California beaches, a federal regulator said. Amplify Energy Corp. ignored 83 alarms indicating the offshore …

Philippines Beefs Up Efforts to Contain Oil Leak from Sunken Tanker

MANILA — Philippine authorities have increased efforts to contain an oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker that has affected coastal towns and was still spreading, the environment ministry said on Tuesday, as the country grapples with cleanup challenges. Improvised …

Scavenging for Supplies, Cuba’s Tobacco Farmers Rebuild After Hurricane Ian

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba –– When Hurricane Ian ripped through western Cuba last week, tobacco farmer Victoriano Maqueira lost the two large barns he used for drying his crop, as well as his dogs, chickens, a pig, his television and …

‘Forever Chemicals’ in Deer, Fish Challenge Hunters, Tourism

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Wildlife agencies in the U.S. are finding elevated levels of a class of toxic chemicals in game animals such as deer _ and that’s prompting health advisories in some places where hunting and fishing are ways …

Record Amount of Seaweed Is Choking Shores in the Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases. More than 24 million tons of sargassum blanketed the …

Yellowstone Park Reopens After Changes Wrought by Flood

WAPITI, Wyo. (AP) — Visitors returned Wednesday morning to a changed landscape in Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for …

Floods Leave Yellowstone Landscape ‘Dramatically Changed’

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — The forces of fire and ice shaped Yellowstone National Park over thousands of years. It took decades longer for humans to tame it enough for tourists to visit, often from the comfort of their cars. …

$230M Settlement Reached Over 2015 California Oil Spill

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property …

Preliminary Hearing For 3 Charged in Duck Boat Accident

GALENA, Mo. (AP)–Three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri during a 2018 storm, killing 17 people, were in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing to determine if the criminal case against them will proceed. Kenneth Scott McKee, …