Texas cleans up after oil spill
Authorities in Texas have begun a cleanup operation after a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Andy Kendrick said Sunday morning that skimmers are recovering the oil that spilled in Saturday’s collision and a boom is in place to protect environmentally sensitive areas.
Kendrick said it is not clear how much oil has spilled into the bay, which is a popular bird habitat.
The timing of the accident comes just before the start of the peak migratory shorebird season. There have been no reports of impact on wildlife.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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