An oil pipeline rupture in southern Michigan has spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, a tributary of Lake Michigan.
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm criticized current clean up efforts as "wholly inadequate" and warned of a "tragedy of historic proportions." She has applied for federal assistance.
As of Wednesday the spill was still 50 miles upstream from lake Michigan. What caused the rupture is as yet unknown.
I hate it´s complications but love it´s byproducts. I hate that we are so dependent on it. On one hand, it has great uses and on the other hand it can completely wipe us dry. What to do?
i worked in the oil business in texas... great pay, crazy people... and lots and lots of pollution and sparse regulations.
I am no defender of Obama´s, but what is clear to me is that it is not that there are new environmental problems during his administration but that those problems are not being silenced.
I have some pretty gruesome stories to tell about what i´ve seen... but it all happened in a politically protected bubble. You´d get arrested for photographing even the smallest incident and the whole community played along with the powers that were including the media. You can hear the complainers now - oh no, obama can´t stop business, he must apologize to the polluter. In fact, he´s actually the cause of the pollution.
Now, people are speaking out and there is room to be heard (and for this, i applaud Obama). But, I´m sure capitalism shall prevail and those voices shall be silenced once more and the poison in your food will be titled "other natural flavors".
