Community | August 13, 2009 | 9 comments

Guilty plea in San Francisco Bay oil spill case

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The operator of a tanker that spilled 53,000 gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay pleaded guilty Thursday to two criminal charges and will pay a $10 million fine, according to federal officials.

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9 comments // Guilty plea in San Francisco Bay oil spill case

  • princesslammy1977
  • hunzedog
  • unclecharlie
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      unclecharlie  
    • "If you go...to San Francisco.......Be sure to wear... some oil in your hair........" (San Francisco? Oil Spill? That's a helluva lotta Lube!..oops...sorry....) :D

    • 2 years ago
  • stephenthomson
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      stephenthomson  
    • includes some original footage of the SF oil spill.

      anecdote: I run along the coast (Land's End) every day, and I used to see dolphins swimming together close to the shore. ever since the oil spill, not a single dolphin....

    • 2 years ago
  • alivein85
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      alivein85  
    • The world still has over 40 years left in the oil supply (based on current usage rates). This problem isn't going away anytime soon.

    • 2 years ago
  • iamaman
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      iamaman  
    • if it was Exxon their would be no guilty plea. they would find someone else to blame and appeal any guilty verdict in any way.

      new golden rule;
      he who has the gold makes the rules!!!

      ie...the corn ethanol Lobby!!!

    • 2 years ago
  • idealist
  • TheBrownKid
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      TheBrownKid  
    • TOOK HIM LONG ENOUGH.

      Gawd, two years... I still refuse to run on the beach because of this -.-

      And I live right next door to it, too.

    • 2 years ago
  • idealist
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      idealist  
    • the operator of the tanker will pay 10 million?
      how many more crimes against the environment can we afford, before we realize that we should have kept our distance from oil products.

      they always plead guilty yet they can buy there way out of destroying the planet!

    • 2 years ago
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