Thursday, 29 July 2010




BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Response crews were working Wednesday morning to contain an oil spill in southern Michigan that flowed into the Kalamazoo River, a major waterway that pours into Lake Michigan only 60 miles away. An estimated 877,000 gallons of oil spilled Monday from a leak in a 30-inch pipeline that carries about 8 million gallons of oil each day from Griffith, Ind., to Sarnia, Ontario. The leak left fish and birds coated in oil. Enbridge Energy Partners, of Houston, owns the...
Full Story: The New York Times



 

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