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| Topic | Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of oil in April |
| ZombiePelican 05/11/17 3:33:30 PM #45: | SK8T3R215 posted... Actually most of them are insignificant. Go to the link they provided which shows what was the incident (no always oil) and if it was contained or not. And we're not talking small leaks here. One event on the 18 May 2016 saw 400 barrels of oil (16,800 gallons) leak out in Bowman County, spreading more than 100 metres outside the refinery gates and into the surrounding environment. That same event saw an additional 2,500 barrels (1 million gallons) of brine leak outside the facility. But here's the thing - if those figures sound alarming, they're nothing compared to the more recent oil spill that occurred in Billings County, just 2.5 hours away from where the Standing Rock protest took place. Back in December, it was reported that the Billings Country spill leaked 176,000 gallons of crude oil (4,200 barrels) into Ash Coulee Creek and the surrounding countryside, due to a fault in the Belle Fourche Pipeline. Yeah no. Try again TIL: 17000 gallons is insignificant SK8T3R215 posted... So how is yours more credible again? Because it isn't done by a financial institution looking to justify their rich buddies environmental damage and greed while minw was done by people actually on the ground --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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