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NEWS ABOUT: hydrocarbon

hydrocarbon stories: 3 news summaries


 Exxon Admits 
 Killing Birds, 
 Will Pay  
 $600K  

Company fined $600K over deaths of protected birds

Aug 14, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exxon has pleaded guilty in federal court and agreed to pay $600,000 in fines over the deaths of dozens of birds at its drilling and production facilities, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 85 birds, including owls, waterfowl, and hawks, died after being exposed to hydrocarbons at Exxon's natural... More »

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Exxon • birds • hydrocarbon • US Fish and Wildlife Service • wildlife • environmental offenses • Exxon Mobil

Want Oil? Try Saturn's Titan

Moon has hundreds of times more oil and natural gas than Earth

Feb 14, 08 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Titan, one of Saturn's dozens of moons, has supplies of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons hundreds of times greater than Earth’s oil reserves, Space.com reports. The unmanned Cassini spacecraft has mapped only 20% of Titan’s surface with radar, and has already discovered dozens of bodies of hydrocarbon... More »

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NASA • oil • space exploration • hydrocarbon • Earth • Saturn • Titan • Cassini • organic chemistry

Largest Oil Spill in US Seeps Under Brooklyn

Exxon owns up to a century of leaks and dumping over 55 acres

Jun 4, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Underneath the ground of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a dark blob of gasoline, solvents, and associated poisons that composes the biggest oil spill in US history.  It's accumulated from a century's worth of smaller leaks and waste dumping, reports New York magazine, and ExxonMobil has quietly accepted the blame, but... More »

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cancer • environment • oil • real estate • environmentalism • New York • waste • oil spill • Brooklyn • Newtown Creek • hydrocarbon • ExxonMobil • Greenpoint • bone cancer • chemicals • solvents

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