Sentences with phrase «oil barges from»

Shelley Mayer has been a vigorous advocate for the protection of our environment, cosponsoring a bill that prohibited oil barges from anchoring in the Hudson River and securing $ 3 million for flood mitigation aid after Hurricane Sandy.

Not exact matches

Many of them, desperate to profit from Canada's cheap oil, are working feverishly on a Plan B. They're making plans to load bitumen onto railcars, barges and trucks to bring it south to their processing facilities in Texas.

Environmental groups and elected officials have expressed concern in recent years about the potential for a catastrophic oil spill involving barges that transport oil products up and down the Hudson River from Albany's port.

He said the pipeline would not reduce the controversial shipment of Bakken oil by rail or barge, adding that statistics from the Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration showed that pipelines had a higher spill rate per mile than any other form of oil transportation.

Many local towns and cities have expressed opposition to the project, citing the local dangers of pipeline leaks and wider implications of fracking (the oil bound for the Pilgrim Pipeline originates from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the same deposits that have increased the volume of oil carried by trains and barges through the Hudson Valley to New Jersey refineries).

Barr said during the Village Board meeting that trains currently carrying potentially explosive materials along the edge of the village line do not come from Albany, and he disputed Pilgrim's claim about the amount of oil being carried by barges and how much petroleum traffic on the Hudson River goes to the same locations that would be served by the pipelines.

It would connect the Port of Albany, where a stepped - up flow of trains carrying Bakken crude oil from North Dakota currently hook up with barges destined for refineries in northern New Jersey.

Murray's largest donation was $ 10,000 from Morton S. Bouchard, president and CEO of Melville - based Bouchard Transportation, an oil barging company.

«This just doesn't make common sense to put six barges that could possibly be full of oil with the terrorism that's going on in the world, right next to Indian Point, right next to... This just, I don't know where they conceived this idea from and why they would have these 10 anchorage spots on the Hudson River.»

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has received twelve suspected oil thieves, a vessel MV OMISAN 1 with registered number IMO 7216244, an un-named barge and two wooden boats from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder Naval Base, for further investigation and prosecution.

Even in the absence of oil and gas exploration, the Arctic's rapidly intensifying traffic — whether from barges, research ships, oil tankers, or passenger cruises — makes oil spills increasingly likely.

In fact, the State Department noted that other options of getting oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast are generally worse for the environment, a point that was revisited by TransCanada's CEO Russ Girling who pointed to statistics showing that pipelines are a safer way to transport oil than rail, barge, or truck.

In spite low oil prices, TransCanada is seeking the approval of Energy East, a massive pipeline that would cross Canada and barge oil out from the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Protect Puget Sound from increased oil barges and other vessels from the Kinder Morgan Pipeline

Coordinate the marine petroleum terminal activities regarding the delivery of fuel and crude oil, gasoline and other products from and to ships, tankers and barges