Michigan's U.S. senators want the Department of Transportation to make sure oil pipelines crossing underneath the Great Lakes are treated as "offshore" and not "onshore" to ensure the owners will have to pay the full cost of a cleanup if there is a spill.

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With a spate of recent oil train accidents, federal officials and elected leaders are working on regulatory reform that would improve safety. Meanwhile, a Milwaukee alderman held a hearing Wednesday to firm up the city's disaster preparedness.

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Despite our best efforts, it appears that sometimes we load a pistol, hand it to the opposition and just invite those persons to take action.

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A pipeline carrying crude oil to Chicago-area refineries has leaked about 1,200 barrels of oil into a Wisconsin field, Enbridge Energy Partners said Saturday.

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Officials say environmental monitoring of a massive gasoline spill in Wisconsin could continue for months and perhaps years.

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Surfing the Internet turns up some dire scenarios that could result from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. For instance, there’s the potential for oil rain in Louisiana and possibility of toxic Corexit rain in Mississippi.

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Surfing the Internet turns up some dire scenarios that could result from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. For instance, there’s the potential for oil rain in Louisiana and possibility of toxic Corexit rain in Mississippi.

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By Joe Yovino

web editor

Unless you’ve been living under an oil-soaked rock, you’ve probably seen the images of the damage done to waterfowl and sea creatures from BP’s oil gush in the Gulf of Mexico.

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New Orleans — Coast Guard officials said Tuesday that a sheen of oil that has been covering an area in the Gulf of Mexico since an oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast is growing.

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NECHE, N.D. (AP) — Enbridge Energy Partners says crews are wrapping up repair and cleanup work after a pipeline leak spilled about 126,000 gallons of crude oil in Pembina County in northeast North Dakota. The cause of the leak detected ...

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