March 31, 2014 | Barb Carr

Monday Accident & Lessons Learned: Houston Oil Spill Marks Exxon Valdez Anniversary

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From TriplePundit.com:

“It’s been said that history repeats itself. It’s doubtful that the author of that saying had oil spills in mind at the time – and even less likely the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Still, the irony of this weekend’s collision and spill near Galveston Bay, Texas on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Exxon spill has been hard to ignore.

Approximately 168,000 gallons of crude oil has been leaking into the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay since Saturday — when a barge being pulled by a towboat collided with a cargo ship in the channel off the coast of Texas City, Texas.”

Click here for the full story:

http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/03/oil-spill-closes-galveston-bay-exxon-valdez-anniversary/

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