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Related: About this forumKentucky Gas Explosion Keeps Fossil Fuel Disaster Streak Alive
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/13A gas line explosion in Adair County, Ky., could be seen from about 20 miles away, Feb. 13, 2014. (Image: @Mike_Clink34/Twitter | @sivadmk/Twitter)
A gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky early Thursday that sent at least two people to the hospital, destroyed three homes, two barns, numerous cars, and left a 60-foot crater in the ground is the fourth significant fossil fuel-related disaster in the U.S. in as many days.
According to media reports, the cause of the explosion and subsequent fires in the town of Knifley, Kentucky, about 90 miles south of Louisville, was not known but one witness said the blast lit up the sky "just as plain as day." The section of the pipeline that exploded has been sealed off and an investigation is underway, authorities said.
The incident in Kentucky follows two fossil fuel disasters on Tuesday this week: a coal slurry spill in West Virginia that turned a local river "black" with toxic compounds and a dramatic explosion of a fracking well in western Pennsylvania. On Monday night, a similar explosion to what has happened in Kentucky occurred when a natural gas pipeline "ruptured and exploded" causing a massive fire in North Dakota.
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Kentucky Gas Explosion Keeps Fossil Fuel Disaster Streak Alive (Original Post)
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Feb 2014
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hatrack
(59,578 posts)1. Kind of an "All Of The Above" strategy for man-made disasters
USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!!
indeed.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)3. Skirting regulations and enforcement leads to disasters........
people who can least afford it in the end, suffer the most consequences.
Columbia runs underground out in our rural area but is far from homes.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. Not to worry, the invisible hand of the market will clean it up ....
... or the taxpayers. Yeah, probably the taxpayers. This is why Repukes want to end corporate taxes.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)5. But...,but.... They tell us how safe and clean natural gas is ....?
hatrack
(59,578 posts)6. Streak continues! Oil train derailment in western Pennsylvania!
USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!!
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