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Oil Spill on Great Exuma Island, Bahamas

Some 30,000 gallons of fuel spilled from an oil ship on Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas early Wednesday morning. The spill was at the Old Navy Base in George Town on Great Exuma, the largest island on the Exuma chain, known for its white sand beaches and swimming pigs. Chester Cooper, the Bahamas’ Acting Prime Minister, said the spill occurred as an oil carrier named The Arabian was unloading fuel, and that crew members first saw it at about 4 a.m. The ship was contracted by Sun Oil and was offloading fuel for Bahamas Light and Power at the…

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Divers Find Source of Oil Spill in Gulf

Divers have found at least three damaged pipelines on the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico about two miles off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, that may be responsible for a 14-mile-long oil slick that appeared there after Hurricane Ida. The spill was so large that NOAA took pictures of it from space. The Coast Guard and other agencies have been monitoring the oil spill and they report that the rate of new oil flowing to the surface has slowed dramatically. Originally, the Coast Guard said it did not know where the oil was coming from. Talos Energy Inc., a Houston-based…

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Boaters Stay Home After Cyanide Spill Near Lake Michigan

A cyanide spill by a chemical plant killed 3,000 fish in Portage, Indiana, on the south shore of Lake Michigan, two weeks ago, and boaters are still staying away from the marina there and fishing boat captains are worried about their business. The chemical company, ArcelorMittel, admitted responsibility for the spill, according to The Chicago Tribune. The spill, in the Little Calumet River which runs through Portage into the lake, killed bass, walleye, panfish, channel catfish and shad. Various officials closed the river to fishing, while the National Park Service closed Indiana Dunes National Park, on the lake just east…

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Tug Ran Aground, Spilled Oil in Bella Bella, BC, Because Mate Fell Asleep: NTSB

A 98-foot-tug ran aground and sank off Bella Bella, BC, last year, spilling more than 28,000 gallons of diesel fuel, because the second mate fell asleep at the wheel, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Bella Bella, about 98 nm north of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, is one of the most beautiful parts of the Inside Passage, and is home to the Heiltsuk First Nation. The accident occurred on Oct. 13, 2016, when the tug Nathan E. Stewart, with an articulated barge, ran aground and sank in Seaforth Channel, just west of Bella Bella. The NTSB investigation says…