Major Oil pipeline leak pollutes Kalamazoo River in Michigan
Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish.
Authorities in Battle Creek, Mich., and Emmett Township warned residents about the strong odor from the oil, which leaked Monday from a 30-inch pipeline built in 1969 that carries about 8 million gallons of oil per day from Griffith, Ind., to Sarnia, Ontario.
Crews waded in oily water as they worked to stop the oil's advance downstream. Oil-covered Canada geese walked along the banks of the Kalamazoo River, and photos showed dead fish floating in the spill. The Kalamazoo River eventually flows into Lake Michigan, but officials didn't expect the oil to reach the lake.
Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc.'s affiliate Enbridge Energy Partners LP of Houston estimated about 819,000 gallons of oil spilled into Talmadge Creek before the company could stop the flow. Enbridge crews and contractors deployed oil skimmers and absorbent booms to minimize its environmental impact.
As of Tuesday afternoon, oil was reported in about 16 miles of the Kalamazoo River downstream of the spill, said Mary Dettloff, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. She said state officials were told during a company briefing that an estimated 877,000 gallons spilled -- a figure more than 50,000 gallons higher than the company's public estimate.
full story and photos
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/oil_pipeline_...
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More Photos:
Kalamazoo River Oil Spill- Photo Gallery
http://photos.mlive.com/kalamazoogazette/2010/07/kalamazoo_r...
Boycott Alberta
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100715-712478.html
I don't mean for ecological reasons but because Alberta is a feudalistic one-party state, a cesspool of corruption.
Ideally you should kick all foreign oil companies out of US territory but you could start with the Canadian ones.
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Why are there suddenly so
Why are there suddenly so many oil leaks in this country?
What gives?
coverage....thanks to GoM event this is NATIONAL news
just think of how willing we will be to increase our dependence on foreign oil....
and how the war machine benefits
cee cee
It's the largest spill in Midwest history
I'm sure it would be getting national coverage anyway..even without the GOM disaster. I think the benefit of the coverage would be to encourage alternative energy solutions and I have seen some very encouraging examples of LOCAL communities that are working towards this.
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
oh you have so much more faith in media
than I do....
"news coverage:" the new ratings driven entertainment
(be it msm or alternative media)
cee cee
Ha! I have faith in PEOPLE
that there are many that care...and /or will come to care to make healthier choices and have more discussions about a cleaner less poisonous environment. ha! I have NO faith that the MSM media cares!! (I have dozens of posts about the corporate media.)
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Bump
Maybe it's time to stop using internal combustion technology.
http://dailypaul.com/node/137524
. @ @ . Power to the People!
@ O @ -----> PEOPLE
. @ @ . NOT Corporate Entities!
bingo....
and to stop buying those products that have petroleum components....or are based on commodity chemicals
mass transit and alternative energy for ALL!!!!
cee cee
Kalamazoo Oil Spill- Largest in Midwest History
The leak in the pipeline has been fixed but more than 800,000 gallons of oil has spilled into the river.
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
We're just making a mess of this place (Earth)
aren't we?
Yes, we are Michael
and I know it is nothing NEW. Most of us here are all well aware of the horrific environmental damage all over the world and the poisons in our food, water and air.
Caring about our health and environment does NOT make one a cheerleader for more useless government agencies and regulations and does NOT mean one is blind to how the PTB will ALWAYS use a crisis to advance thier agendas.
We can each strive to do better and work towards better solutions.
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
long time and term mess
this is all nothing NEW....just getting "big time reportage" due to the wild well in the GoM
but when it comes down to it, there is NO environmental crime more dastardly than war making....
cee cee
War is severely detached from nature.
“I’d rather have a farmer in front of me,
than a frontal assault on me!”
- RfL
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”