Coast guard and texas general land office continue cleaning up a spill in the port of galveston after a fuel oil tanker collided with a pier tuesday night According to a coast guard news. Local news oil spill contained after vessel strikes pier in galveston, coast guard says the coast guard and the company were working to clean up the area The galveston ship channel was closed. Oil is an ancient fossil fuel that we use to heat our homes, generate electricity, and power large sectors of our economy But when oil accidentally spills into the ocean, it can cause big problems
Oil spills can harm sea creatures, ruin a day at the beach, and make seafood unsafe to eat. Oil spill, leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers for transporting oil. The coast guard and texas general land office are responding to an oil discharge near galveston, texas, following an incident that occurred tuesday evening
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