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It looks like Enbridge Energy Partners learned something from the BP oil fiasco in the Gulf. The company appears to have taken full responsibility for the 840,000 gallon spill in the Talmadge Creek in Michigan Monday night.

The company says the 30-inch pipeline, which carries about 8 million gallons of oil per day from Indiana to Ontario, suffered a malfunction underground. The pipeline pumps have since been shut down and the leak has been plugged.

The Talmadge Creek feeds the Kalamazoo River. Impact to wildlife in the area is not yet known, but officials are warning residents not to swim or fish in the river until further notice. Two homes near the leak have been evacuated and residents are complaining about the smell. The leak is affecting areas along the river from Marshall to Emmett Townships.

The pipeline is part of the Lakehead System, a 1,900 mile pipeline and the longest in the world.

UNI31f wrote:How long will it take people to blame Bush for these things?

From the class of 09 wrote:

UNI31f wrote:How long will it take people to blame Bush for these things?

I for one blame Bush for wasting America's time and money in Iraq when he should have been working on containing the home grown oil right here in the US

andy7171 wrote:clez...eh unicef, what did your oil spill class tell you about underground pipeline bursting? Should we worry?

UNI31f wrote:

From the class of 09 wrote:
I for one blame Bush for wasting America's time and money in Iraq when he should have been working on containing the home grown oil right here in the US

How many oil spills like this were there under Bush?

Skjellyfetti wrote:Thankfully the recent 840,000 gallon "spill" in Michigan looks to be contained.

It looks like Enbridge Energy Partners learned something from the BP oil fiasco in the Gulf. The company appears to have taken full responsibility for the 840,000 gallon spill in the Talmadge Creek in Michigan Monday night.

The company says the 30-inch pipeline, which carries about 8 million gallons of oil per day from Indiana to Ontario, suffered a malfunction underground. The pipeline pumps have since been shut down and the leak has been plugged.

The Talmadge Creek feeds the Kalamazoo River. Impact to wildlife in the area is not yet known, but officials are warning residents not to swim or fish in the river until further notice. Two homes near the leak have been evacuated and residents are complaining about the smell. The leak is affecting areas along the river from Marshall to Emmett Townships.

The pipeline is part of the Lakehead System, a 1,900 mile pipeline and the longest in the world.

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Oil leaking all over the place.

CID1990 wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:Thankfully the recent 840,000 gallon "spill" in Michigan looks to be contained.






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Oil leaking all over the place.

Sounds like your greasy starfish.

****Caveat: This is not me minimizing oil spills. This is me making fun.