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Line 3 Oil Spill: How 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled near Grand Rapids

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Line 3 Oil Spill: How 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled near Grand Rapids

On March 3, 1991, Lakehead Pipeline Company’s Line 3 ruptured near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. An estimated 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the nearby Prairie River and surrounding wetlands, making it the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Line 3 was built in the 1960s by the Lakehead Pipeline Company to transport oil … Read more

Fuel-eating microbes, chemicals and fire: race to find new ways to contain Arctic oil spill

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Fuel-eating microbes, chemicals and fire: race to find new ways to contain Arctic oil spill

LThis winter, scientists at the Churchill Marine Observatory in Canada’s subarctic region embarked on experiments in the hopes of finding a treatment that could transform the situation in the polluted Arctic Ocean. they released 130 liters of diesel injected into an ice-covered pool filled with raw seawater pumped from Hudson Bay Then we added microorganisms … Read more