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11:07 am
Wed October 19, 2011

Revolutionary oil skimmer nets $1 million X Prize

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Credit Elastec/American Marine

In a large tank set up to test oil-skimming devices, rows of spinning plastic disks separate oil from water.

Credit Elastec/American Marine

In the winning oil-removal design, spinning grooved discs pull oily water upward, where metal skimmers strain the oil away.

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By and Jacob McCleland

Originally published on Tue October 18, 2011 11:01 pm

A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water's surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn't developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it's the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the company a rich award from the X Prize Foundation.

Oil is attracted to plastic. And water is not. That, in essence, is the basis of Elastec's new skimmer.

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Pollution - Oil Refinery
11:52 pm
Tue June 21, 2011

Illinois EPA holds public meetings in Roxana to discuss oil refinery contamination

Credit (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio)
Shell Oil has been testing for toxic vapors in and under homes in this Roxana neighborhood adjacent to the Wood River Refinery.
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The Illinois EPA held public meetings in Roxana on Tuesday to discuss what Shell Oil is doing to address historic contamination from the Wood River Refinery.

A consultant for Shell has found high levels of cancer-causing benzene and other toxic petroleum products in Roxana’s groundwater.

Chris Cahnovsky of the Illinois EPA says toxic, potentially explosive vapors have also been detected in the soils under several homes.

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Claire McCaskill / Oil Company Tax Breaks
11:42 am
Wed May 18, 2011

McCaskill disappointed about blocked oil company tax break bill

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
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Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says she is disappointed the U.S Senate blocked a bill that would have repealed $2 billion per year in tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies.

Republicans and some Democrats opposed the tax increase for fear it would hurt domestic drilling while doing nothing to reduce gas prices.

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Claire McCaskill / Oil Refiner Price Fixing
11:58 am
Tue May 17, 2011

McCaskill writes FTC, urges price fixing probe of U.S. oil refiners

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Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (l) signed on to a letter drafted by Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (r) to the Federal Trade Commission. The letter calls for an investigation of U.S. oil refiners in relation to price fixing.
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Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has drafted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking that an investigation be launched into recent allegations of price fixing of gasoline by U.S. oil refiners.

The letter, a release states, comes after a report in the Kansas City Star "analyzed the ballooning profit margin by oil refiners in recent months."

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