Tar sands oil spill kalamazoo
The Kalamazoo tar sands spill was the result of multiple mistakes made by Enbridge but federal regulators are also culpable. Both federal regulators and the pipeline industry have too often treated this issue as a public relations issue prior to spills and disaster management afterward. There is a better way -- one that requires strong, clearly outlined regulations and a pipeline safety agency focused on preventing spills rather than responding to them. It was one of the largest oil spills in the Midwest and it’s not over yet. Crews are still cleaning up from last July’s oil spill in the Kalamazoo River. An oil pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners ruptured and spilled more than 840,000 gallons of heavy crude. The oil polluted Talmadge Creek and more than 30 miles of the Kalamazoo River.