Mich. gov.: Spill cleanup resources 'inadequate'

[cory777]

Source: AP

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Michigan's governor says efforts by the company responsible for a more than 800,000-gallon oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River are "wholly inadequate."

Gov. Jennifer Granholm's remarks Wednesday evening in a teleconference came as a state police official who conducted a flyover of the site said the oil had spread past a key point in the river upstream of Kalamazoo.

Tom Sands is deputy state director for emergency management and homeland security. He says he saw oil across Morrow Lake and a light sheen past a dam a few miles downstream from Battle Creek.

Earlier, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. said it was doubling the number of workers sent to help contain and clean the spill. The company and EPA postponed a news conference for Wednesday evening.

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[Bozita]

1. Yup!

[Faygo Kid]

2. Awful news. Bears watching.

This former Michigander knows the area well. Tragic. Throw the book at the company.

[defendandprotect]

3. Obama has to jump into this -- and they have to make sure no DISPERSANT is used ...!!!

COAGULANTS EXIST -- they clump the oil together

Not only are they non-toxic

they are recoverable when the oil is recovered --

and they are reusable!!

[knitter4democracy]

4. It was still very visible here in Battle Creek today.

The smell is better, so the oil must not be as concentrated, but it's all across the river and everywhere. It's awful. :(