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Citizens Learning Everything about Amoco, Negligence and Underground Pollution

For the complete text of the following stories, go to The Kansas City Star Library, then search for "Amoco". Originally we were able to link you directly to the story. However, due to the Star's database server, we can no longer do so. For a frame of reference, we have listed below are stories in the archives as of March 23rd, 1999.

Amoco tried to stop pollution, lawyer tells appeals court (Posted 2/16/00)

Study says Sugar Creek residents may have greater risk of brain cancer. (Posted 3/22/99)

Amoco offer's details debated. One attorney calls terms inadequate. (Posted 3/16/99)

Amoco makes buyout offer Program covers properties near old refinery site. (Posted 3/13/99)

Shades of the '60s: Sugar Creek residents protest at EPA offices. (Posted 3/11/99)

Oily soil is found in trench. Amoco officials say gunk came from old refinery. (Posted 3/10/99)

KSHB anchor hasn't let Amoco story go to waste. Sugar Creek residents praise and question Elizabeth Alex's stories on refinery pollution. (Posted 3/6/99)

Regulators to test Sugar Creek water Contamination from refinery site to be assessed. (Posted 2/26/99)

'Big Oil' just got bigger. (Posted 2/21/99)

Verdict in pollution case is troubling for Amoco. (Posted 2/11/99)

Tensions over refinery ignite. (Posted 2/11/99)

Amoco pollution case winds down. Closing arguments made in suit faulting former area refinery. (Posted 2/5/99)

EPA planning to check old refinery site. Inquiry to focus on seepage near Sugar Creek plant. (Posted 1/29/99)

Case against Amoco begins. Families sued over pollution under their land. (Posted 1/23/99)

MS rate in Sugar Creek examined. Agency to study whether disease, pollutants linked. (Posted 1/16/99)

Meeting on refinery concerns delayed. (Posted 1/13/99)

Residents, Amoco have much at stake in lawsuits. (Posted 1/7/99)

Trial in Amoco suit won't be moved. (Posted 1/7/99)

Amoco argues for new trial site. (Posted 1/5/99)

Amoco opposes trial site. Lawsuit involves property values in Sugar Creek. (Posted 1/2/99)

Letters - See "Sugar Creek pollution." (Posted 12/31/98)

Amoco, British Petroleum to finalize merger today. (Posted 12/31/98)

Mayor sets date for meeting on Amoco concerns . (Posted 12/3/98)

Mayor offers space for meeting on health risks. (Posted 11/12/98)

State should proceed on its cancer report. (Posted 11/12/98)

Sugar Creek residents voice concerns on cancer. (Posted 11/10/98)

Sugar Creek inquiry looks at cancers. High incidence might be linked to oil refinery. (Posted 11/8/98)

Critics want answers about refinery cleanup Appeal of settlement over Amoco site troubles landowners. (Posted 9/25/98)

Some Sugar Creek residents say they'll appeal settlement. (Posted 9/3/98)

Judge OKs Amoco's cleanup plan. (Posted August 27, 1998)

Amoco plan splits Sugar Creek. (Posted August 26, 1998)

British Petroleum PLC is buying Amoco Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. oil company, for $48 billion in stock in what would be the largest industrial merger in history. (Posted August 11, 1998)

Sugar Creek reflected in farewell to Roper (Posted July 31, 1998)

Dispute on refinery settlement in judge's hands. Some Sugar Creek area residents object to Amoco agreement. (Posted July 31, 1998)

Questions on Amoco settlement. (Posted July 30, 1998)

Letters, faxes and e-mail concerning Amoco settlement. (Posted July 16, 1998)

Amoco settlement draws heat. Hazardous-waste issues are not addressed, some say. (Posted June 13, 1998)

Amoco settlement: Boon or boondoggle? (Posted June 11, 1998)

Refinery suit settlement sets stage for highway work. (Posted June 4, 1998)

Caspian Sea: Oil in a tinderbox. Trillion-dollar wave of petrodollars draws U.S. interest. (Posted March 8, 1998)

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