Texas Oil Spill Expected to ‘Get Much Worse’ for Wildlife

EcoWatch: The oil spill off the coast of Galveston, TX, has the potential to get a lot worse than previously expected. The 168,000 gallons of thick, sludgy fuel oil that escaped a barge—whose hull was breached after a collision with another ship—is proving extremely difficult to contain. As of yesterday morning, oil was reported as far as 12 miles from the site of the collision. From the start, wildlife experts have said this spill could not have been in a more sensitive spot in Galveston Bay. The area,......

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