It's Only The Environment After All

It's Only The Environment After All

photo via AP

Just as BP is finally getting the Deepwater somewhat under control, a tugboat named the Pere Ana C. collided today with a well near a Louisiana marsh, causing oil to leak into the Gulf. The collision caused fire to shoot up into the air, and officials said it resulted in a mile-long oil slick. Spill czar Thad Allen said over 6,000 feet of boom have been placed around the site.

Article continues: You've Got To Be Kidding: Tugboat Collides With Oil Well In Louisiana

Kalamazoo River map via Wikipedia.

Here we go again... Not too much on this one yet, but Detroit News reports that Environmental Protection Agency officials have said that as much as one million gallons of oil has leaked from a pipeline owned by Enbridge Liquid Pipelines into a creek flowing into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan. This would make it the largest oil spill in the history of the Midwest. Here's what we know:

Article continues: One Million Gallons of Oil Leak Into Michigan River From Pipeline - Largest in Midwest History

Where has all the Gulf oil gone?

The slicks that once spread across thousands of miles have rapidly begun to shrink. 

What scientists suspect 

Also: 

• Gulf spill at 100 days
• Oil-eating microbes
• Capping Louisiana leak

It's Not Like We Don't Have Another One