Five-Year Anniversary of Kalamazoo Spill Reminds Us of the Dangers Tar Sands Present to Our Communities

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By Jennifer SkeneJul 24, 2015, 4:25 pm669 ptsTrendingTop
Jennifer Skene, Ford Fellow, International Program, Washington, D.C. Five years ago, on July 25, 2010, an estimated 843,000 gallons of tar sands oil spilled from an Enbridge-owned pipeline into the Kalamazoo River watershed in Calhoun County, Michigan. The tar sands spill forced residents out of their homes and…

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