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Preparing for a Great Lakes oil spill

On: August 4, 2023

In: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Partnership, Collaboration, ennvironment, Latest News, Michigan, News, oil spill, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, water pollution, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/08/preparing-for-a-great-lakes-oil-spill/

Michigan Radio

Diesel spill on Lake Michigan triggers multi-agency response

On: August 3, 2023

In: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Partnership, Collaboration, diesel, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, oil spill, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice

Diesel spill on Lake Michigan triggers multi-agency response

By Katheryne Friske, Michigan Radio

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/08/diesel-spill-on-lake-michigan-triggers-multi-agency-response/

Michigan Radio

State: Chemical company likely source of Flint River spill

On: June 17, 2022

In: AP, Feature Homepage, flint, flint river, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Michigan, News, oil, oil spill, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

State: Chemical company likely source of Flint River spill

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Authorities focused on a chemical company Thursday as the likely source of a spill that has left a dark oily sheen for miles on the Flint River.

Lockhart Chemical in Flint was cooperating with state regulators and removing material from underground storage areas, said Jill Greenberg, spokeswoman at the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/06/ap-chemical-company-flint-river-spill/

The Associated Press

Several thousands of gallons of oily material in Flint River

On: June 16, 2022

In: AP, Feature Homepage, flint, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Michigan, News, oil, oil spill

Several thousands of gallons of oily material in Flint River

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Several thousands of gallons of an oil-based, dark black material with a petroleum smell spilled into the Flint River in Flint, authorities said Wednesday.

The spilled appeared to be 5 miles (8 kilometers) miles long, Jill Greenberg, a spokeswoman for Michigan’s environmental agency, told MLive.com.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/06/ap-oily-material-flint-river/

The Associated Press

Center in UP to look at impact of oil spills in freshwater

On: October 25, 2021

In: AP, environmental research, Great Lakes, Latest News, Michigan, News, oil spill, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Center in UP to look at impact of oil spills in freshwater

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula has been selected as a hub for a center that will look at the impacts of oil spills in freshwater environments.

The U.S. Coast Guard National Center of Expertise for the Great Lakes also will help develop effective responses to spills, according to the school.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/10/ap-center-impact-oil-spills-freshwater/

The Associated Press

Bacteria Cleanup: Should we let nature clean up oil spills?

On: July 30, 2021

In: Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Feature Homepage, Latest News, News, oil pipelines, oil spill, Ontario, Research, Research, Data and Technology, science

Bacteria Cleanup: Should we let nature clean up oil spills?

Natural populations of oil-degrading bacteria could help to clean up freshwater rivers and lakes after spills from pipelines and trains, researchers have found after experiments that simulated spills in a Canadian lake.

Vince Palace, who led the work at the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Experimental Lakes Area in western Ontario, said that the methods currently in use for cleaning up spills in rivers and lakes – mostly digging up and dumping contaminated soil – are not particularly effective.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/bacteria-nature-clean-up-oil-spills/

Brian Owens

Great Lakes Moment: From the Rouge River to Persian Gulf, oil spill cleanups are handled by a Detroit company

On: March 1, 2021

In: Detroit, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Feature Detroit, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, News, oil pipelines, oil spill, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes Moment: From the Rouge River to Persian Gulf, oil spill cleanups are handled by a Detroit company

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.

Detroit is well known as the automobile capital of the United States, the Arsenal of Democracy, the home of Motown and techno music, world-class architecture and building the middle class.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/03/marine-pollution-control-rouge-river-to-persian-gulf-oil-spill-cleanups-detroit-company/

John Hartig