More than 800,000 gallons poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan on Monday, coating birds and fish. The spill started from a 30-inch pipeline built in 1969 that carries about 8 million gallons daily.
"I know you occasionally point out good work coming from Gannett papers," my reader says. "The oil spill in southern Michigan that's become a national story is a major local story for the Battle Creek Enquirer. . . . The Enquirer is honestly doing an amazing job covering this story from every angle."
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The Battle Creek Enquirer was scooped on the story of illegal immigrant workers (bussed in from Texas by Enbridge's contractor) by a nonprofit online news outlet.
ReplyDeleteSee http://michiganmessenger.com/41384/alleged-undocumented-workers-bused-from-texas-to-work-on-oil-spill-in-battle-creek