oil spill

Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.

There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over the next couple episodes, we'll be looking at two times when transporting oil went horribly wrong. Today, we’ll hear about a pipeline that ruptured. Next time, we’ll consider the alternative.

There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over the next couple episodes, we'll be looking at two times when transporting oil went horribly wrong. Today, we’ll hear about a pipeline that ruptured. Next time, we’ll consider the alternative.

Efforts to refloat a partially submerged barge in West Grand Traverse Bay started Friday. The barge sank November 30th, about 100 yards from shore.The…

Update 4/4/19: The story has been updated to include comments from the U.S. Coast Guard and Enbridge. An activist group wants to know what happened during…

Environmental groups say the U.S. Coast Guard is not ready for an oil spill in the Great Lakes. The Coast Guard is required by law to have a plan for a…

CORRECTION 4/13: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the U.S. Coast Guard said damage to an electric transmission line under the…

The U.S. Coast Guard has organized a command post in Mackinaw City to respond to a mineral oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac. Around 600 gallons of…

A Michigan oil spill is still bringing in new questions, even after its events took place over 30 years ago. It was around 1980 when Canadian oil...

There are some new questions bubbling up concerning a decades-old oil spill in the Upper Peninsula. Around 1980, Canadian oil transport company Enbridge...