Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press November 27, 2007 - 9:41 p.m. BISMARCK, N.D. - Developers of a proposed oil pipeline may have overlooked the possibility that it could pollute Lake Ashtabula and the Sheyenne River, which the city of Fargo, N.D. uses for drinking water, an engineer says.
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As Peter Bosscher sat in his home two weeks ago, painfully ceding the last of his life to kidney cancer, the engineer was thinking about sewage in the streets. The 53-year-old UW-Madison professor was talking to two students planning sewer and water projects in El Salvador and Ecuador to prevent sickness and better villagers ' health. Bosscher, their mentor, was sure they needed one last ...
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The southeastern city of Lovington, where oil and gas production fuels the economy but also has threatened drinking water, has decided not to weigh in on tougher new state rules for oil and gas pits.
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A deadly fire at a pipeline from Canada that feeds oil to the United States sent oil prices soaring today before it burned out. "It looks like it's out now. They're just mopping up and making sure," said Blake Olson, a terminal supervisor at the pipeline in Clearbrook, Minn. Two workers fixing the underground pipeline were killed when fumes apparently escaped and ignited the blaze, said Kristine ...
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