Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel was on the scene quickly and by all accounts did a credible job of placating worried Michigan residents and corporations as his clean-up team went to work.

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Three local farmers and a mechanic assisted the Cotswold Water Park ranger team to clean up the site and repair the entrance gate within 24 hours.

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The clean-up is continuing and Gwynedd council has put its gritting team on standby.

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In addition, China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, have agreed to team up to fight climate change and create clean energy.

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As part of a 10-point plan to clean up the Tour, all riders have to sign an ethical charter, team managers and doctors have to give an undertaking not to prescribe banned substances and before the race riders will be lectured on the long-term health consequences of doping.

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In one of the biggest clean energy stories from the past week, a coalition of utility companies are planning to team up to construct a wind farm 12 miles off the coast of Long Island.

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The council said its team along with the Environment Agency and aided by the Health Protection Agency were monitoring the clean up.

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