Posted on Dec 12, 2016
Pipeline spills 176,000 gallons of crude into creek about 150 miles from Dakota Access protest...
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It's perfectly safe, they said. Spills are so rare, no worries they said. For months, yes months, while millions watched the Trump and Hillary circus, Native Americans gathered to form a peaceful human stand against big oil. Veterans have gone as a group, "Veterans for Standing Rock" showed up in a show of support. 2000. Winter has come and a temporary stop was called. But the company keeps building. Both views have valid points, but tell that to those affected. To the water protectors. Water is life.
Pipeline spills 176,000 gallons of crude into creek about 150 miles from Dakota Access protest...
Posted from cnbc.com
Human Rights
Environment
Oil
Posted 8 y ago
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Maj Kim Patterson Honestly, there have been many threats of sabotage...I find it kind of fishy that this happens at the height of fighting to keep out the pipeline.
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Update: Just found this! The history of this company is not the greatest.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pipeline-spills-in-north-dakota-went-undetected/article/2609459
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pipeline-spills-in-north-dakota-went-undetected/article/2609459
Pipeline spills in North Dakota, went undetected
An oil pipeline in North Dakota spilled nearly 200,000 gallons of petroleum into a nearby creek last week without its early warning sensors ringing the alarm, the company that owns the pipeline said Monday. The Belle Fourche Pipeline was reported leaking oil nearly one week ago after a landowner discovered the oil in a creek. The Casper, Wyo., company True Cos., which operates the pipeline, said that electronic sensors connected to the...
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Before commenting I would like more information on this accident - if it was a accident that is.
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