Feeling the StrainA worker scoops up oil from a spill near Dalian, China (map), on Monday. An estimated 1,500 tons of crude oil spilled into the Yellow Sea when two pipelines exploded in the busy port city on July 16.Chinese authorities on Monday declared the oil spill contained, though the environmental group Greenpeace said that bays nearby remain covered in oil, the Associated Press reported.
Photograph from Reuters

China Oil Spill Photos: Fire, Crude, and an Inky Cleanup

Fire, crude, and an inky cleanup mark the great China oil spill of 2010—a drop in the barrel compared to the Gulf of Mexico spill.

July 30, 2010

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