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Cleanup of Michigan River Oil Spill Will Take Months

news.yahoo.com - BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. Enbridge Inc., the Canadian owner of the ruptured pipeline that released the crude into the Kalamazoo River, says the...
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:50:17 +0000 (found 36 days 5 hr 50 min ago)

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A few comments:

Rofl yeah im 14...i just forgot to put down my age when i signed up but i don't see why my age would matter. Still do us a favor and stay in the states.

I had no idea, ironmind. That's interesting. But some of the blame must go to the people who ok the dumping, right?

I live in Michigan and this makes me very happy. Oil spills has obviously and curiously become the cool thing to do this year. So for me to live in a state that has now become part of the party, makes me ha-ha-happy.

I live in Kalamazoo and I have friends that work at Kelloggs in Battle Creek who say that it smells so strongly of oil that it is sickening. Last thing Michigan needs is an oil spill that will cost millions to clean up. 800,000 gallons is a lot of oil for a river.