AP reports that

Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish.

It’s interesting to note that the pipeline’s uses include carrying tar sand oil to a BP refinery. I wonder where these tar sands are.

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