Highly polluting heavy crude “will spread,” says Coast Guard
In echoes of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, oil is washing ashore in Galveston, Texas today and reports of oil-contaminated birds and other animals are multiplying – the result of a collision Saturday in Galveston Bay between a ship and a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of heavy oil.
There were no serious injuries reported among the crew members of either vessel, although two workers from the barge were taken to a nearby medical center as a precaution.