DoomsdaysCW<p>ICYMI - From 2016:</p><p>Tuesday Marks 20th Anniversary of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s Worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OilSpill</span></a></p><p>Maine Public | By Keith Shortall<br />Published September 27, 2016 at 5:34 PM EDT </p><p>&quot;It was 20 years ago Tuesday that the tanker Julie N crashed int the bridge connecting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortlandMaine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPortlandMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthPortlandMaine</span></a>, spilling 180,000 gallons of oil into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeRiver</span></a> in the worst oil spill in Maine’s history.</p><p>&quot;The spill was contained primarily to the Fore River, but approximately $40 million was spent on cleaning up 14 miles of contaminated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/shoreline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shoreline</span></a>. The Coast Guard said at the time that nearly 80 percent of the spilled oil was recovered. Much of the rest stayed west of the bridge, toward the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marshes</span></a> near the Portland Jetport and away from Casco Bay and the islands.</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandHarbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortlandHarbor</span></a> was closed, and fishing and shellfish harvesting was banned in parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CascoBay</span></a> and the Fore River for more than a month.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2016-09-27/tuesday-marks-20th-anniversary-of-maines-worst-oil-spill" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/environment-an</span><span class="invisible">d-outdoors/2016-09-27/tuesday-marks-20th-anniversary-of-maines-worst-oil-spill</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilTankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OilTankers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaineHistory</span></a></p>