Tanker spills 30,000 gallons of oil into Delaware River near Philly.

[NNadir]

Stories like this disappear quickly, but this is my neck of the woods, so I thought I'd mention it:

"PHILADELPHIA - A tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, Coast Guard officials said Saturday.



Private contractors were called in to skim oil from the surface of the water and place thousands of feet of boom to contain the floating slick.


A stretch of less than 10 miles of the busy river was closed to commercial and recreational traffic while the spill was being cleaned up.


"I would classify any spill in the water as significant," said Coast Guard Petty Officer John Edwards (news - web sites). "We're working very quickly and diligently to expedite the cleanup."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20041127/ap_on_re_us/oil_spill

[raggedcompany]

1. CNN.com running this on front page, too

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/27/oilspill.philadelphia/index.html

Some would say big deal..30,000 gallons isn't much. Compared to the Valdez and others like it, that's true. But come on, folks...can't we figure out how to transport this stuff without spilling it?

In my book 30,000 gallons is a lot of poison, no matter how you dice it.

[cavanaghjam]

2. A new strategic oil reserve?

or metaphor for the Bushies' energy policy?