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...Wednesday, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection had traced the source of the spill to a leaking underground heating oil tank which belonged to B.U., according to Carbo...
Boston University assumed full responsibility for an oil spill last week that spread more than a half a mile over the Charles River, school officials said yesterday...
...officials said that although the volume of the spill is known to be under 1,000 gallons, they cannot determine the exact amount spilled...
Thompson may not get his wish--and the spills and explosions are likely to occur farther and farther north of the border. The poorly supervised Mexican trucks already roam a 15-mile zone in southern Texas. On Dec. 18, under provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican trucks will gain free access to U.S. highways in border states, just as U.S. trucks will have access to Mexico's northern highways. It's an aspect of NAFTA that is prompting second thoughts. Pro-NAFTA Texas Attorney General Dan Morales warns that unless the Federal Government takes action, there will...
Serious tragedies occur almost weekly. Last September, just north of the border, a Mexican driver was killed when a spark caused by carelessness ignited his tanker filled with jet fuel. Texas officials recently investigated a sulfuric-acid spill in Laredo involving a 16-year-old driver with no insurance and no shipping papers. His rig had faulty brakes; nine of its 18 tires were bald. It is not uncommon to find several Mexican truck drivers carrying insurance cards with the same name and policy number...