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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Galveston Bay Oil Spill

A barge carrying 900,000+ gallons of crude oil collided with a ship in the Houston Ship Channel on Saturday March 22, 2014.

Screen cap of Google maps
One of the tanks on the barge was punctured and approximately 155,000+ gallons of oil were spilled into the Galveston Bay.

Photo: Bill Bishop/KHOU
So this is another oil spill the US can add to its rap sheet.