MOSCOW - Inspectors will check an underwater pipeline for pollution after it caught fire on a frozen river in Russia's Siberia, federal monitoring service Rostekhnadzor said Sunday. First reports suggest around 700 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (a mixture of propane and butane) could be on site, Rostekhnadzor spokesperson Andrei Vil said on his Telegram account. The pipeline's owner Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur said the gas leak happened Saturday, causing a short fire on the frozen River Ob in the oil-rich Khanty-Mansiysk region in Western Siberia. It happened 44 kilometers (27 miles) from the nearest residential area and there were no "risks for the population and the environment", the company added. But Vil said on Telegram that "statements indicating the absence of risk for the environment raise serious doubts" because of the amounts of liquefied petroleum gas on site. The cause of the leak is still being established, said Sibur. A Sibur regional official … [Read more...] about Pollution Checks on Siberia River after Pipeline Fire
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Alex Ovechkin Calls Tom Wilson Suspension ‘Kind Of A Joke’
BOSTON (CBS) – Not everyone agreed with the NHL’s decision to suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for seven games after a dirty hit that left Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo out of the lineup for the foreseeable future. First it was Washington head coach Peter Laviolette, who said Saturday before the suspension was announced that he didn’t believe Wilson would miss any games. READ MORE: Bruins' Brandon Carlo Week-To-Week After Hit That Landed Tom Wilson 7-Game Suspension “I mean, to me, it was a hockey hit. If this is a suspendable play then all hitting really is going to probably have to be removed because he didn’t take any strides, he didn’t target the head, a player was up against the boards, he was upright and Tom hit him hard,” the coach said, via Samantha Pell of the Washington post. “I hope the player’s OK, but, for me, the call I think was correct on the ice last night. This hit happens so many times through the course of the game where somebody hits … [Read more...] about Alex Ovechkin Calls Tom Wilson Suspension ‘Kind Of A Joke’
