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On Sunday July 25, 2010, at 5:58 p.m. local time, Enbridge Line 6B ruptured near Marshall, Mich., and released more than one million gallons of Canadian diluted bitumen into Talmadge Creek and the...
How big was the spill? Was it tar sands oil? Who will pay? How did animals and ecosystems fare? What happened to the people most affected?
What fines could Enbridge face for its oil spill in Marshall, Mich.?
The size of any fines will...
Jun 29, 2012
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'Hearing the oil being described as a totally different product knocked my feet out from under me,' Miller recalls. 'What else have they lied to us about?'
As the fall of 2010 approached, John LaForge could still smell tar when he drove by his old house...
Jun 28, 2012
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Days of confusion followed the spill. Officials thought they were cleaning up ordinary crude. It was an erroneous assumption Enbridge did not correct.
On Tuesday, July 27, 2010—the day after the biggest pipeline spill of Canadian dilbit in North...
Jun 27, 2012
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A black goo stopped just 10 feet from the metal cap that marked his drinking water well. Walking on the tarry mess was like stepping on chewing gum.
MARSHALL, Mich.—An acrid stench had already enveloped John LaForge's five-bedroom house when he...
Jun 26, 2012
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Bitumen extracted from tar sands has the consistency of peanut butter and must be diluted to flow through pipelines. And that's just the beginning.
When emergency responders rushed to Marshall, Mich. on July 26, 2010, they found that the Kalamazoo...
Jun 26, 2012
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A quick guide to the 2010 Enbridge oil spill near Marshall, Michigan.
1969: Pipeline 6B installed.
1999: Enbridge begins carrying diluted bitumen from Alberta on...
Jun 26, 2012
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The river is not yet free of the heavy oil that was spilled—Canadian diluted bitumen, or dilbit. Removing what remains submerged could take years.
About 34 miles of the Kalamazoo River in Southeastern Michigan were opened to the public Thursday,...
Jun 21, 2012
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Documents from the federal investigation into the largest spill of diluted bitumen in U.S. history point to the need for a more accurate accounting.
The 2010 pipeline spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River was far larger than the pipeline operator has...
Jun 11, 2012
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The Army Corps is not responding to an EPA scientist's letter about 61 water crossings in Texas as the White House works to expedite pipeline approval.
An EPA letter that was once a mere blip on the radar for the Keystone XL oil pipeline may now be...
Jun 7, 2012
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