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The stream during initial cleanup in April 2014.

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Five Years After Oil Spill, Public Gets First Look At Oak Glen Nature Preserve

Tana Weingartner

In the five years I've been visiting Oak Glen Nature Preserve, I've heard a lot things: bulldozers, backhoes, high-pressure water hoses, the scrape of…

The wake of a supply vessel heading toward a working platform crosses over an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2015. The Coast Guard says it has contained the oil spill.

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Oil Spill Seeping Into Gulf Of Mexico Contained After 14 Years, Coast Guard Says

Vanessa Romo

The Taylor Energy oil spill began after Hurricane Ivan triggered an underwater mudslide and caused the company's oil platform to topple and sink.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement are using Ian MacDonald's data to estimate the amount of oil being spilled at the Taylor Energy site.

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This Oil Spill Has Been Leaking Into The Gulf For 14 Years

Tegan Wendland

In the Gulf of Mexico, an oil spill triggered by a powerful hurricane has been leaking for more than 14 years with no solution in sight. The federal government is stepping in to try and contain it.

Crews clean up the diesel fuel spill after a pipeline broke in Worth County, Iowa on Wednesday.

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'It's A Big One': Iowa Pipeline Leaks Nearly 140,000 Gallons Of Diesel

Rebecca Hersher

The leak from an underground pipeline in north-central Iowa was first discovered in a field on Wednesday morning. Crews for the company, Magellan Midstream Partners, are working to clean it up.

Much of the nearly 180,000 gallons of crude oil spilled went into the Ash Coulee Creek, just 150 miles from the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp.

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Pipeline Spill Adds To Concerns About Dakota Access Pipeline

Leigh Paterson

A crude oil pipeline in western North Dakota has leaked nearly 200,000 barrels of oil. The scene is about 150 miles west of where protesters have been fighting the Dakota Access pipeline.