Blog #3

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not plugged all the way until September 19th of this year. The amount that was spilled in the Gulf may have been more than expected. The temporary cap that was used 2 months ago that stopped some of the flow actually leaked out 4.4 million barells of oil. With this much more oil that has leaked it changes the overall number of how much oil really spilled in the incident. It will take years to fix the mess that has been caused by this spill.

Raloff, Janet "Gulf Spill Bigger"
ScienceNews September 23,2010

Blog #2

Last Week the city of Chicago suffered a major oil spill from a damaged pipeline. The spill leaked an estimated 256,000 gallons of oil. This has been the largest spill of oil in the past 20 years for this area. Over the years the oil spills have cost companies in the area upwards of 60 Million dollars. The cause is said to have been corrosion in the pipelines it self. This problem that they are facing has to be fixed by the federal Government.

Hood, Joel "The Great Illinois oil Rush"
Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-met-pipeline-shutdown-0914-20100914,0,3180046.story