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5:34 pm
Thu September 2, 2010

News roundup for today

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Illegal oil spill workers caught in Texas

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Oil spill
4:27 pm
Tue August 31, 2010

Company wants to restart oil pipeline

Working on the broken oil pipeline near Marshall, Michigan
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Workers measure pipe before cutting and removing the section from the Enbridge pipeline oil spill site near Marshall, Michigan. This photo was taken on August 6th, 2010.
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The pipe has been repaired. It was tested yesterday. Now, as Steve Carmody reports, Enbridge Energy officials plan to ask regulators for permission to restart the pipeline that just five weeks ago gushed close to a million gallons of crude oil.

Carmody reports:

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Environment
4:06 pm
Mon August 30, 2010

Repaired oil pipeline undergoes test today

Great blue heron covered in oil from the 2010 Enbridge oil spill near Marshall, Michigan.
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Great blue heron covered in oil from Enbridge oil spill near Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody reports "an oil pipeline that broke near Marshall last month is undergoing a critical pressure test today. Enbridge Energy is flooding the pipeline with water to see if it can withstand the pressure."

If it works, and government inspectors say it's o.k., the pipeline will be restarted.

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Oil spill
11:56 am
Thu August 26, 2010

Oil spill still being cleaned up

EPA workers sample the air near the Enbridge oil spill in Michigan
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EPA samples the air within 100 yards from the source of the spill.
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(by Steve Carmody, Michigan Radio)

It's been a month since a pipeline leak spewed about a million gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. Clean-up crews have spent the past four weeks collecting oil from the river and removing contaminated soil.

You can see photos of the oil spill on the EPA's Enbridge oil spill response website.

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