Tag Archives: Oil

• News

  Arkansas AG to investigate oil pipeline leak

  Oil spilled into a Mayflower, Arkansas, subdivision from a gash in the pipeline last week
• News

  Shell halts Arctic drill plans for 2013

  Royal Dutch Shell says it will “pause” its closely-watched project to drill for oil off the Alaskan coast this year, instead spending 2013 preparing for future exploration.
• News

  Courtroom showdown starts; BP could pay billions more for Gulf spill

  A civil trial that could cost BP billions began Monday
• Health

  STUDY: Vegetable oils may be worse for your health than butter

  Do you reach for the vegetable -based spread instead of the butter just to cut back on fats?
• News

  Potential oil spill in Mississippi River closes river

  Two tank barges loaded with light crude oil struck a bridge in the Mississippi River early Sunday morning.
• 

  The People’s Debate with Kaine and Allen

  Candidates in the tightly contested race for a U.S. Senate seat, both former Virginia governors, squared off in a debate organized by WTVR, WCVE, The League Of Women Voters of Virginia and AARP Virginia. Here are tweets from #PeoplesDebate. *warning, may contain strong language.
• News

  Oil sheen mysteriously appears off Louisiana’s Gulf Coast

  An oil sheen about four miles long has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.