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Feds Warned Company in Mich. Spill About Pipeline

DETROIT (July 31) -- U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...

Oil Spill in Michigan River Could Take Months to Clean Up

MARSHALL, Mich. (July 31) -- Volunteers and government officials scrambled to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. Enbridge Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, said it was preparing to...

Michigan Oil Spill vs. Asian Carp: Why Mayor Daley Is Wrong

(July 30) -- The devastating oil spill that erupted from an Enbridge Energy pipeline near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan on Monday has sparked an epic environmental and economic conflict in the Midwest. Like others before it, it pits fish versus oil -- just not in a way you might expect. Speaking to reporters Thursday,...

The World's Current Oil Spills, By the Numbers

(July 28) -- Oil, oil everywhere. It seems like the earth is having a hard time keeping it below ground these days. With one active leak (in Barataria Bay, La.), two more still causing major problems (on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan and, of course, in the Gulf of Mexico) and one recently cleaned-up but disastrous...

Mich. Governor Calls on EPA to Help Stem Oil Spill

(July 28) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm asked for federal help today to contain oil from a pipeline break that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of crude into a major waterway that empties into Lake Michigan. "We are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to do everything possible to get additional resources here...

Background on Enbridge

Enbridge Inc. ( ) is a Calgary, Alberta based company focused on three core businesses: crude oil and liquids pipelines, natural gas transportation and distribution, and green energy.

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