ApocaDocs: 2010 Oil Spill in Michigan Far Larger Than Official Estimates, Evidence Shows

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Posted Mon Jun 11 2012: from InsideClimate News:


	2010 Oil Spill in Michigan Far Larger Than Official Estimates, Evidence Shows http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1339436995 The 2010 pipeline spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River was far larger than the pipeline operator has reported, according to accumulating evidence and documents recently released by federal investigators. The estimate that Enbridge Inc., the pipeline's Canadian operator, has used since a couple months after the spill is 20,082 barrels, or 843,444 gallons. The estimate used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is larger -- 1 million gallons -- but the documented sources indicate that estimate may also be low, by a significant degree.

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'Doc Jim says:

If they ever get one of these oil spill estimates right it will be by sheer accident!