Exxon Spill on Yellowstone River Disrupts Montana Ranches
Environmental officials scrambled Tuesday to assess the extent of contamination from a weekend oil spill that has fouled water supplies and ranch lands along a scenic and otherwise pristine stretch of...
View ArticleFeds: Few Montana Pipeline Plans Account For River Risks
Federal officials investigating a pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of oil into a Montana river said Wednesday that few companies take river erosion and other risks into account when evaluating...
View ArticleMontana Reaches $1.6 Million Settlement with Exxon over Pipeline Spill
Officials in Montana have finalized a $1.6 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over an oil pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of crude into the scenic Yellowstone River. The agreement between...
View ArticleYellowstone Oil Spill: Feds Say Delay Made Oil Spill Worse
Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana’s Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators said in a new...
View ArticleThird Lawsuit Filed Over Montana Crude Oil Spill
A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. The suit alleges...
View ArticleMontana, Feds To Seek Damages From Exxon Spill
Montana and federal officials say they’ll seek compensation from Exxon Mobil Corp. for natural resource damages caused by a crude oil spill into the Yellowstone River. Thursday’s announcement comes two...
View ArticleMontana Oil Spill Is Latest Involving Wyoming Pipeline Company
The Wyoming company whose pipeline leaked 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and its sister company have had multiple pipeline spills and federal fines levied against...
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