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Crash Course: Oil spill reveals dangers of increased Houston Ship Channel congestion
2014-03-28 20:50:10| Appliances - Topix.net
About 168,000 gallons of oil were spilled into the Houston Ship Channel on March 22 after two barges collided.
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Texas Oil Spill Expected to Get Much Worse for Wildlife
2014-03-26 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The oil spill off the coast of Galveston, TX, has the potential to get a lot worse than previously expected. The 168,000 gallons of thick, sludgy fuel oil that escaped a bargewhose hull was breached after a collision with another shipis proving extremely difficult to contain. As of yesterday morning, oil was reported as far as 12 miles from the site of the collision. From the start, wildlife experts have said this spill could not have been in a more sensitive spot in Galveston Bay. The area,...
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Exxon, Local Officials Talk Oil Spill Cleanup
2014-03-26 06:22:32| Chemicals - Topix.net
Hundreds of gallons of oil poured from a ruptured pipeline on Good Friday 2013, it's hard to believe but it's almost been a year since the Mayflower oil spill.
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Oil Spill Threatens Galveston Bay's Fishing Industry
2014-03-26 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Texas Tribune: Oiled birds and stranded boats have been some of the most compelling visual images of the devastation in Galveston Bay in the wake of an oil tanker collision that might have released up to 168,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. But marine scientists and fishing industry officials worry that the spill poses longer-term dangers beneath the surface of the bay's waters, which are among the most productive in the world and a key resource for a multibillion-dollar recreational...
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After Texas Oil Spill, Ships Start MovingBut Cleanup Has Just Begun
2014-03-26 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish. Vessels are moving once again in the Houston ship channel. The waterway was closed after a barge crash over the weekend spilled thousands of gallons of oil. The Coast Guard now says the channel on the Gulf of Mexico had been cleared enough to allow barge traffic to enter and exit. Still, the cleanup of one of the world's busiest waterways, which is also a sanctuary...
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