Oil barge hits bridge in Mississippi
A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction,...
View ArticleFires out where ethanol tanker cars derailed in Iowa
Fires at the site of an eastern Iowa freight train derailment are out but ethanol is leaking into the Mississippi River and the task turned to monitoring for environmental impact and offloading the...
View ArticleStretch of Mississippi River in Ky. reopens after oil spill
On Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said vessel traffic on the affected part of the river was open, with a safety zone in effect from mile marker 938 to 934.
View Article2nd train derails in Wisconsin in 2 days, spills crude oil
Federal investigators and hazardous material specialists are on their way to the scene, the Federal Railroad Administration said in a tweet.
View ArticleMidwest flooding might make the oil glut worse
The flooding is the worst since May 2011, when rising water on the Mississippi and its tributaries deluged cities, slowed barge traffic and threatened refinery and chemical operations.
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