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Items in Uncovered Port Arthur Time Capsule Destroyed by Chemicals, Water

      

12newsnow.com - KBMT - July 2, 2014

Museum goers had some moments of anticipation as a time capsule was opened up Wednesday at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur.  Unfortunately, water and chemicals had seeped into the underground container and destroyed most of its contents.

. . . The best we can determine is that some chemical agent in the groundwater dissolved the PVC glue allowing the pressure of the groundwater to force its way into the time capsule, essentially corrupted and destroyed most of the contents," said David Beard, Director of the Museum.

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First Swine Flu Case Diagnosed Among Illegal Alien Children at Texas Base

               

Young male immigrants play soccer behind a screened off
fence at the old housing facilities at Lackland Air Force Base.              kens5.com - by James Muñoz
Photo By BOB OWEN/San Antonio Express-News                                June 25, 2014

LACKLAND AFB-- KENS 5 has confirmed a case of H1N1 at Lackland AFB where 2000 undocumented children are being held. The case has been reported to Metro Health.

H1N1 is often referred to as Swine Flu.

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Child-at-Lackland-diagnosed-with-H1N1-5579537.php

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/24/first-swine-flu-case-diagnosed-among-illegal-alien-children-at-texas-base/

      

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Some Orange County Residents Evacuated Due to Gas Leak

12newsnow.com - KBMT - June 25, 2014

. . . Around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday the Sheriff’s Office received a call from an oil well company representative in reference to a natural gas leak at a well site at the end of Gulf Road off FM 408 in the Orangefield area of Orange County.

. . . As the leak continued for several hours, the gas was not dissipating rapidly due to the weather conditions.  The oil well company could not control the leak and it was necessary for a special response team from Houston, Texas to be contacted.  Once the team arrived, it was recommended that homes in the vicinity of the well site be evacuated.

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CLICK HERE - KBMT-12 - video and audio of gas leak

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Barge Leaking Oil in Galveston Bay After Collision

      

A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in the Houston Ship Channel. The bulk carrier Summer Wind, reported a collision between the Summer Wind and a barge, containing 924,000 gallons of fuel oil, towed by the motor vessel Miss Susan.  Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Dike, ports closed after barge collides with ship

galvestondailynews.com - by Wes Swift, T. J. Aulds and Kevin M. Cox - March 23, 2014

TEXAS CITY — A collision between a barge and a ship Saturday near the Texas City Dike spilled 160,000 gallons of heavy oil into Galveston Bay.

The accident forced authorities to evacuate the dike and surrounding areas — and to close the Houston Ship Channel.

Authorities also suspended operations of the ferry between Galveston and Port Bolivar.

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http://time.com/34630/barge-leaking-oil-in-galveston-bay-after-collision/

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Texas Chemical Plant Agrees to Cut Harmful Air Pollution in Overburdened Community

                                            

justice.gov - epa.gov - March 20, 2014

The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Flint Hills Resources of Port Arthur has agreed to implement innovative technologies to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and leaking equipment at the company’s chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas.  This settlement is part of EPA’s national effort to advance environmental justice by protecting communities such as Port Arthur that have been disproportionately impacted by pollution.  The company is also required to pay a $350,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations.

Once fully implemented, EPA estimates that the settlement will reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including benzene and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), by an estimated 1,880 tons per year, and will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by approximately 69,000 tons per year.

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West’s Drought and Growth Intensify Conflict Over Water Rights

      

Under restrictions, a Mumford, Tex., farm on the Brazos River could not draw water from it, while cities and power plants could. Credit Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times

nytimes.com - by Michael Wines - March 16, 2014

MUMFORD, Tex. — Across the parched American West, the long drought has set off a series of fierce legal and political battles over who controls an increasingly dear treasure — water.

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Clean Up Ongoing at Port Neches Huntsman Facility After Oil Spill

      

Photo: KFDM - Facebook

beaumontenterprise.com - by Amy Moore - March 7, 2014

A spill from a Shell pipeline running through Port Neches' Huntsman facility left 364 barrels of crude oil to be cleaned up Thursday.

Anne Knisely, a spokesperson for Huntsman, said Shell is managing the response and clean up with assistance from Huntsman crews.

The state railroad commission has primary jurisdiction over the spill investigation and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has already received a preliminary report that states there was no off site impact from the spill, according to Andrea Morrow, a TCEQ spokesperson.

Knisely said there were no injuries reported, but added that some community members have contacted her about the smell in the area from the spill.

She said the Port Neches Fire Department is releasing a community message to inform people about that issue.

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Senator Boxer's Statement: The Keystone Pipeline and the Threat to Human Health

                  

epw.senate.gov

Senator Barbara Boxer
Keystone Pipeline and the Threat to Human Health
February 26, 2014
(As prepared for delivery)

We are here today to share dramatic new information that will shine a spotlight on the health impacts of tar sands oil - health impacts that are already being felt in communities exposed to one of the filthiest kinds of oil on our planet.

The Keystone XL pipeline will allow 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil every day to flow through our nation - an initial increase of 45 percent compared to what is being imported today - and this project could just be the beginning. In the long term, it is projected that Canada would produce almost 300 percent more tar sands oil by 2030.

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Fracking Boom Leaves Texans Under a Toxic Cloud

      

Natural gas is flared at a Pioneer Natural Resources well, in Karnes County, Texas in 2010. 
Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg

bloomberg.com - by Lisa Song, Jim Morris and David Hasemyer - February 20, 2014

. . . For the past eight months, the Center for Public Integrity, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel have examined what Texas, the nation's biggest oil producer, has done to protect people in the Eagle Ford from the industry's pollutants. What's happening in the Eagle Ford is important not only for Texas, but also for Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Dakota and other states where horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have made it profitable to extract oil and gas from deeply buried shale.

Our investigation and records obtained from Texas regulatory agencies reveal a system that does more to protect the industry than the public. . .

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Fracking is Depleting Water Supplies in America's Driest Areas, Report Shows

      

Source: Ceres

From Texas to California, drilling for oil and gas is using billions of gallons of water in the country's most drought-prone areas

CLICK HERE - RESEARCH REPORT - Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Water Demand by the Numbers
(85 page .PDF report)

theguardian.com - by Suzanne Goldenberg - February 5, 2014

America's oil and gas rush is depleting water supplies in the driest and most drought-prone areas of the country, from Texas to California, new research has found.

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