Environmental group now working to learn more about hydraulic oil spill in Westmoreland County
After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.
Oil spill extends nearly 2 miles down river after containment tanks leak at Westmoreland County steel plant
Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday afternoon following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County.
Crews work to clean up oil in Allegheny River following spill from Westmoreland County steel plant
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant Monday, where an undetermined amount of oil went into the Allegheny County River. Video from Drone 11 showed visible oil-stained ice along the bank of the Allegheny River from that spill.
Hydraulic Fluid Leak from Steel Mill Spills into Allegheny River in Lower Burrell
Hydraulic fluid spilled from Braeburn Alloy Steel Mill into the Allegheny River; containment efforts successful.
Decommissioned oil wells from Ottawa County lake spill plugged
Two leaking oil wells from the 1940s have been plugged to prevent further oil spills into an Ottawa County lake.
Following the cleanup of an oil spill in Westmoreland County, new details emerge
The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection was able to contain and cleanup an oil spill from a steel mill in Lower Burrell, but one environmental group still has concerns. KDKA's Chris DeRose has the story.
More than 12,000 gallons of crude oil spilled near Maxbass
Scout Energy Management has reported a crude oil spill that happened on Wednesday, five miles northwest of Maxbass.
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Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait
Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.
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Filter inspired by deep-sea sponge cleans up oil spills
Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong ...
‘Our water is vital. The oil isn’t’: Inside the French village that’s saying 'non' to big oil
On Thursday (30 January), a lawsuit delayed the approval of two new drilling wells in Nonville, a village where Bridge ...
Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights
The Keepers of the Water and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say research analyzing the last decade of tailings spills backs ...
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Nanomaterials are emerging as a powerful tool for coastal oil spill cleanup
Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions to oil spill cleanups in coastal regions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current methods, according to a new paper. The paper ...
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Weeks of trucking in water end as TasWater restores Tullah supply after oil spill
TasWater has restarted its Tullah water treatment plant after weeks of trucking in water following an oil spill at Lake Rosebery. The West Coast lake, which supplies the plant, was shut down last ...
Shell reports oil spill in Nigeria after saver pit overflows
Shell reported an oil spill on Tuesday at Ogale, near Port Harcourt, after a saver pit overflowed during flushing operations ...