Pipeline Rupturepalooza: 25,000 barrels of tar sands crude spilled in AR, MN

[wtmusic]

"One week after the Senate held a symbolic vote in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. saw two different oil spills involving Canadian tar sands crude oil.

An ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured Friday, leaking approximately 10,000 barrels of tar sands crude in an Arkansas town. As a result, 22 homes have been evacuated as officials clean up of the world’s dirtiest oil.

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The first oil spill came Wednesday, when a train reportedly carrying tar sands oil spilled 15,000 gallons in Minnesota. Also this week, Exxon was hit by a $1.7 million fine for a pipeline that dumped 42,000 gallons of oil in the Yellowstone River in 2011 (the fine itself is a small hinderance for a company that earned $45 billion profit last year)."

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/31/1800081/exxon-arkansas-oil-spill/

[The Wielding Truth]

1. OMG.... Disgusting!

[indepat]

2. Yeah Keystone Pipeline. Go USA Go Go Go for the black gold, no matter

how destructive to the environment. USA #1, Yeah, yeah.

[pscot]

3. That's quite a PR coup

for the awl bidness. This should make Keystone a slam dunk.

[wtmusic]

4. AR spill now leaking into Lake Conway

"Lake Conway is a popular fishing destination. The lake is full of bass, catfish, bream and crappie. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission maintains many free public areas on the lake, and boat rentals can be found on many commercial docks. The official name of the lake was changed in June 2011 to Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Conway

[octoberlib]

5. That's disgusting. Good grief! nt