800,000 Gallons of Oil Spills Into Kalamazoo River

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Obama pledges swift response after Battle Creek oil spill; Granholm tours site

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20100727/METRO/7270395/Officials--Battle-Creek-oil-spill-among-largest-in-Midwest-history#ixzz0uxJoNFi7



Marshall Township -- President Barack Obama has pledged a swift response to requests for help in dealing with a spill that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil into waterways in southern Michigan.


The cause of spill is under investigation. The oil spilled into Talmadge Creek, which flows northwest into the Kalamazoo River. The site is in Calhoun County's Marshall Township, about 60 miles southeast of Grand Rapids.

"According to EPA officials, this is the largest oil spill ever in the Midwest," said Schauer. "The EPA is estimating 1 million gallons (spilled). ... This feels like déjÀ vu all over again with regard to what happened in the Gulf."

The oil spilled into Talmadge Creek, which flows northwest into the Kalamazoo River. The site is in Calhoun County's Marshall Township near Battle Creek and about 60 miles southeast of Grand Rapids. The pipe may have been leaking for many hours before it was originally reported to have burst Monday morning. Marshall Township fire officials responded to complaints of an oily smell from residents.

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1. We don't have to rebuild our pipelines or repair our roads...

or hire teachers or firemen... it's more important that we spend $60 Billion to nation build in Afghanistan.

[Leopolds Ghost]

2. Oil Spill III: Jefferson Parish LA. Third time is definitely not the charm

Excuse the source, but I first heard about this on SomethingAwful.com and this was the article.

Boat Crashes Into Oil Well, Creating New Spill in Gulf of Mexico

Fox News is being told by the Homeland Security director for Jefferson Parish, La., that a new oil leak has sprung up in the Gulf of Mexico after a boat struck an oil well in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

URGENT: Fox News is being told by the Homeland Security director for Jefferson Parish, La., that a new oil leak has sprung up in the Gulf of Mexico after a boat struck an oil well in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

A tugboat or other workboat collided with the well near Bayou St. Dennis, La., shearing off its valve structure and releasing pressurized natural gas and light oil, DHS official Deano Bonano told Fox News.

Cleanup workers are currently booming off the area and the scene at sea has been taken over by federal agents. The U.S. Coast Guard, Jefferson Parish police and fire officials, as well as Vessels of Opportunity boats have all been dispatched to the scene.

Federal officials do not know who owns the well, but a contractor who handles wild wells is also on the way, Bonano said.

Oil is spewing about 20 feet in the air from the severed 4-inch pipe, a contractor who flew over the leak told Fox News. The area has been evacuated and civilian boats are being told not to enter the scene, where "a fair bit of oil" is leaking out, the contractor said.