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A Year Later, Michigan Oil Spill Cleanup Continues

by Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio
July 28, 2011

One year after an oil spill, workers are still cleaning up the bottom of the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan. An estimated 840,000 gallons leaked from a broken pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy. Life for those living near the accident site in Michigan has not returned to normal yet, and it probably won't for some time.

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  • Morning Edition, July 28, 2011
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