Tuesday, August 3, 2010

At the Other End of the Mississippi

And it will head downriver, right?

"Firm doubles response to Mich. oil spill" by Associated Press | July 29, 2010

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Canadian company operating a pipeline that leaked more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a southern Michigan river said yesterday that it is doubling its workforce on the containment and cleanup effort.

Officials with Enbridge Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, made the announcement during an update on the spill, which coated birds and fish as it poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River, one of the state’s major waterways.

“We’ve made significant progress,’’ chief executive Patrick D. Daniel said. “But we still have a long way to go in terms of cleanup.’’

But BP cleaned up MILLIONS of gallons in MONTHS!

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Related:
Michigan Oil Spill Among Largest In Midwest History

"Company locates oil-spill pipe break" by Associated Press | August 1, 2010

BATTLE CREEK — Enbridge Inc., the Canadian owner of the ruptured pipeline that released crude oil into the Kalamazoo River, said yesterday that it has located the pipe break and the spill has been contained. The section had been inaccessible because it is in a marshy, oil-covered area. The company is preparing to remove the damaged section of pipe as its focus shifts to cleaning up the spilled oil, which it estimates at 820,000 gallons."

Ever notice when oil companies' focus shifts so does the AmeriKan MSM?


Related: Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill; The US and Europe ignore it

Worldwide: The oil spills that don't make the news

Good points. Haven't seen one word of them in the Globe except for a brief word
about Utah.