I only post this because the article gives very detailed descriptions of the crime, never seen in USA news stories. The article writer seems a bit titillated by this story.
Plus, the punishment includes no jail time. Britain is just weird.
This infinitesimal tiny midget fine $14,000 was not for the leaks themselves, but because Xcel started pumping contaminated groundwater before it had the necessary permit in place, which it later obtained.
It’s the only fine that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has levied against Xcel over the leaks.
Xcel had already installed and filled more than 20 temporary tanks when MPCA staff informed the company in March of 2023 that adding an additional tank would require a permit because it would raise their total capacity over 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters) to just over 1.4 million gallons (5.3 million liters). But Xcel began filling the new tank in April before it obtained the required permit, the agency said in a statement.
A mysterious spiral formation was spotted in the night sky above Hawaii earlier this month, sparking curiosity among observers.
The spectacle, initially spotted by an observatory in Mauna Kea on Jan. 18, first looked like a traveling bright star before it morphed shapes.
It grew into a larger blob before it transformed into a dot with a spinning spiral around it, footage from the Subaru-Asahi STAR Camera shows.
The night sky whirlpool, however, is not a UFO or spaceship — but reportedly the work of billionaire Elon Musk. Another video https://files.catbox.moe/bid46v.mp4
They will have the largest Satanic gathering in history, in Boston on end of April this year, and they are required to wear masks and show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.
"Attendees must wear an N-95, KN-95, or disposable surgical mask," the temple said on its site. "Gaiters, bandanas, and cloth masks will not be allowed."
All ten people survived fine, thankfully there is not much snow now, only 80cm above 2200m, this is from Austrian news: https://files.catbox.moe/bvablg.mp4
this is how it looks when it's a proper snow there, 134 Trittkopf route near Zurs, Arlberg.... I think if I recognize the slope this avalanche was here, time stamp: https://youtu.be/hIjSKPcAarw?t=72
