Texas Oil Spill

• Barge spills oil in Texas after hitting bridge, causing partial collapse

  The bridge that leads to Pelican Island was struck by the barge when a tugboat backing out of Texas International Terminals lost control of two barges it was pushing

  U.S. News

  May 15
  
• Coast Guard says more tests needed before it can reopen Texas shipping channel after oil spill

  As workers in bright yellow suits picked quarter-sized "tar balls" out of the sand along Galveston Bay on Monday, strong incoming tides kept washing more ashore.

  World

  Mar 24, 2014
  
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• Oil spill cleanup blocks traffic to major Texas ship channel

  A barge that once carried some 900,000 gallons of heavy tar-like oil was cleared Sunday of its remaining contents.

  Environment

  Mar 24, 2014
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• Crews try to contain Texas oil spill near bird habitat

  Ship carrying nearly a million gallons of oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat.

  World

  Mar 23, 2014