Gov Granholm Declares State of Disaster Update on Michigan Oil Spill

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Southern Michigan residents are learning that devastating oil spills aren't limited to the Gulf Coast.

Crews were working Wednesday to contain and clean up an estimated 877,000 gallons of oil that coated birds and fish as it poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River, one of the state's major waterways.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm toured the area by helicopter Tuesday night and said she wasn't satisfied with the response to the spill. The leak in the 30-inch pipeline, which was built in 1969 and carries about 8 million gallons of oil daily from Griffith, Ind., to Sarnia, Ontario, was detected early Monday.

"There needs to be a lot more done," Granholm said. "There are not enough resources on the river right now."

Granholm declared a state of disaster in Calhoun County and potentially affected areas along the river, which eventually bisects the city of Kalamazoo and meanders to Saugatuck, where it empties into Lake Michigan. Officials don't believe oil will spread past a dam upstream of Kalamazoo. The cause of the spill is under investigation.

Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc.'s affiliate Enbridge Energy Partners LP of Houston initially estimated that about 819,000 gallons of oil spilled into Talmadge Creek before the company stopped the flow.

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whimpering, "uncle."

snarling, "beware."

because Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin don't want any deep oil drilling in the Great Lakes. Now you see why. Of course republicans don't give a damn about the environment or the cost to human and wild life all they want is that money to line their pockets. And I can not see for the life of me why some of the average people, who would never benefit, agree with them.