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Thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the water in Baltimore’s Harbor East area Wednesday afternoon from diesel tanks supplying fuel to the Johns Hopkins Hospital care facilities, ...
Maryland and its environs have had their own damaging oil spills in the past. In April 2000, a petroleum pipeline ruptured at the Chalk Point power plant in Prince George’s County, releasing ...
While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 ...
The cause of a fuel spill in Harbor East earlier this month is still under investigation. The Maryland Department of the ...
Officials said the water is red because there is dye in the fuel, but there is no impact to the area’s drinking water.
A Johns Hopkins spokesperson added that it is reviewing how the tanks spilled fuel into the harbor. Cleanup of Baltimore fuel spill . The state says 18,000 gallons of oil-water mixture have been ...
Mayor Brandon M. Scott provides updates alongside Baltimore City Fire Chief James W. Wallace on response efforts after a 2,000-gallon oil spill in Harbor East on June 4.
The oil spill plaguing Baltimore Harbor and originating from a pipeline more than a mile away is a reminder of the massive network of underground pipes and wires running underneath the city ...
BALTIMORE -- Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up a 2,000-gallon diesel spill along part of Baltimore's waterfront that started Wednesday ...
For decades, I responded to oil spills as part of my job at NOAA. With incoming cuts, our abilities to do this crucial work ...
While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 ...
While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 2,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 ...