The Kalamazoo River oil spill occurred in July 2010 when a pipeline operated by Enbridge (Line 6B) burst and flowed into Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Michigan. A 6-foot (1.8 m) break in the pipeline resulted in one of the largest inland oil spills in U....
What could be worse than a ruptured pipeline of crude oil? A ruptured pipeline of tar sands oil — a thick, sticky substance. Cleanup of a 2010 spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River took much longer a...
Learn about the Kalamazoo River oil spill, its environmental impact, and what made it one of the worst inland oil spills in US history.
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piping oil across the country, a decade-old disaster in the Kalamazoo River serves as an example of what can happen when... Dream becomes spill cleanup site If not for the disaster, the...
The longer it's left, the more of a problem it can become." Both Kleeb and Swift said this latest Keystone leak reminds them of the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill. In July 2010, over a...
Details of a $177 million settlement to resolve claims stemming from Endbridge's 2010 oil spills were announced July 20, 2016.
The Kalamazoo River seems to have recovered from the failure of Line 6B in 2010. Those who care about the state's waterways have learned a few lessons
Five years ago, a pipeline spilled a million gallons of tar sands crude into a Michigan river—and we’re still cleaning it up.
MARSHALL, Mich.—An acrid stench had already enveloped John LaForge’s five-bedroom house when he opened the door just after 6 a.m. on July 26, 2010. By the time the building contractor hurried the few feet to the refuge of his Dodge Ram pickup, his throat was stinging and his head was throbbing. LaForge was at work excavating a basement when his wife called a couple of hours later. The odor had become even more sickening, Lorraine told him. And a fire truck was parked in front of their house,...