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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, ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
The cause of a fuel spill in Harbor East earlier this month is still under investigation. The Maryland Department of the ...
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 — The Harbor East in Baltimore is officially reopened following a massive oil spill. Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Department of Transportation announced Sunday that roadways ...
A massive oil spill in the Baltimore harbor that began Wednesday has now dumped 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the harbor, more than doubling the initial amount reported, the Johns Hopkins ...
Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland, has said there is "no evidence" the 2,000-gallon (7,570-liter) diesel fuel spill in Baltimore's harbor is currently impacting drinking water. Crews in ...