840,000 Gallons of Oil Leak Into Michigan River

Kalamazoo feeds into Lake Michigan
840,000 Gallons of Oil Leak into Michigan River
The oil could reach Lake Michigan by the weekend.   (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)

A pipeline that normally sends oil from Griffith, Indiana, to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, sprang a leak Monday. What started in a small tributary has now reached the Kalamazoo River, and the oil—about 840,000 gallons spilled—could reach Lake Michigan this weekend. Volunteers are mobilizing to save local wildlife. Read the full article at the Detroit Free Press.
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