Crude Secrets: Tar Sands, Busted Pipelines and a Whistleblower's Day in Court

By Scott Dodd - OnEarth.org Editor

On the night of July 25, 2010, a section of the continent's vast pipeline network spilled around a million gallons of chemical-laden crude into western Michigan waterways. Though it was one of the largest inland oil spills in the nation's history, the disaster went largely unnoticed. Most eyes were on the gusher in the Gulf as BP tried to cap the Deepwater Horizon well. But in the debate over our nation's energy future, the Kalamazoo River spill -- and its aftermath -- may prove even more important than the BP blowout.

This article can be found in its entirety on The Huffington Post website.