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Lawsuit from last year’s Oroville Dam debacle seeks up to $51 billion in penalties

March 27, 2018 -

Posted by David Williams

(Natural News) Central California’s Oroville Dam, which encountered catastrophic failure last year that led to the erosion of 1.7 million cubic yards of material, is now the subject of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit. As of this time’s writing, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey has filed a suit against the Department of Water Resources (DWR) […]

in: Environment, Toxic Water

Operator of Keystone Pipeline quietly cleaning up spill of 210,000 gallons of oil from largest-ever leak in South Dakota

November 17, 2017 -

Posted by JD Heyes

(Natural News) As many environmentalists and local Native American tribes feared, a massive leak of some 210,000 gallons, or about 5,000 barrels, of oil has occurred along a section of the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, making it the largest-ever spill. The company quietly announced via a November 16 tweet that it is “currently responding […]

in: Current Events, Environment

EPA exposed: How the agency has sought to avoid ALL responsibility for the toxic Gold King Mine spill

June 21, 2017 -

Posted by JD Heyes

(Natural News) Two years in August, a crew working for the Environmental Protection Agency unexplainably removed the rock and rubble “plug” holding back millions of gallons of toxic water at the long-abandoned Gold King Mine in Colorado. That irresponsible action led to a massive 3 million-plus gallon spill of acid mine drainage and, the EPA […]

in: Corruption, Health