Oil Spill on the Yellowstone River

The rupture of an Exxon Mobil pipeline releases almost 1,000 barrels of oil into a flood-swollen river.
John Warner / Reuters

Clean-Up
Oil absorbent material alongside the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Montana, Wednesday July 6, 2011.

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