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EPA Notes Improvements at Michigan Oil Spill Site

Andre J. Jackson, Detroit Free Press / MCT

LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 1) -- A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned it will take months to complete the cleanup. Those efforts, along with air and water quality...

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...