Keystone Pipeline Springs A Leak

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, thank goodness it was an oil spill.  Just imagine if a solar farm sprang a leak - sunshine all over the place.

And that stuff is really hard to clean up.

Boru

[Fireball]

Well, thank goodness it was an oil spill.  Just imagine if a solar farm sprang a leak - sunshine all over the place.

And that stuff is really hard to clean up.

Boru

No kidding! It gets into everything!

[The Valkyrie]

Well, thank goodness it was an oil spill.  Just imagine if a solar farm sprang a leak - sunshine all over the place.

And that stuff is really hard to clean up.

Boru

No kidding! It gets into everything!

Like Lord Flashheart.

Woof!

[brewer]

Like pipelines have never been built under a dem president/congress and have never spilled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oi...ted_States

[Aegon]

Like pipelines have never been built under a dem president/congress and have never spilled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oi...ted_States

Probably because the Dems are neoliberal hacks. But there was an incredibly strong outcry against the building of this pipeline in particular. Not to mention the general global trend toward renewable energy that the US is NOT actively investing in causing this pipeline in particular feel like a much bigger deal. And Trump said it was "good for the environment" and "no downsides"? Yikes.

[Amarok]

It was i stupid idea from get go .I can't believe the Liberals went with it . And with Justin it's even worst because he used too be against it .And a major portion of the people who voted him in were against it .  I have  no evidence but i think on personnel level he's trying to prove he's not his dad who ruined his reputation in Alberta by trying to nationalize the oil industry . Which is ironic because love Stephen Harper a guy virtually did the same thing in all but name  . Justin's likely  trying to throw off the charge of anti western sediments that have haunted him for years .

[Fireball]

No kidding! It gets into everything!

Like Lord Flashheart.

Woof!

Had to look that up, as I don't even watch US TV. I still don't get the reference.

[The Valkyrie]

Like Lord Flashheart.

Woof!

Had to look that up, as I don't even watch US TV. I still don't get the reference.

Pay special attention to, "Flash, where have you been?"  "Where haven't I been?  Woof!"

Sorry, just my favourite Black Adder character apart from Baldric.

[Amarok]

Had to look that up, as I don't even watch US TV. I still don't get the reference.

Pay special attention to, "Flash, where have you been?"  "Where haven't I been?  Woof!"

Sorry, just my favourite Black Adder character apart from Baldric.

I fucking love lord flash heart .That glorious cross dressing SOB .

[Fake Messiah]

TransCanada lied about the Keystone XL pipeline and spills more oil than expected

Reuters reported Monday that a review of documents revealed the company estimated the risk of a pipeline leak of more than 50 barrels at "not more than once every seven to 11 years over the entire length of the pipeline in the United States" and predicted a "spill no more than once every 41 years" in South Dakota. In November, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil leaked onto agricultural land near Amherst, South Dakota, shutting down the pipeline in the northeastern part of the state. The approximately 210,000-gallon spill was one of the largest onshore oil or petroleum product spills since 2010, according to the Associated Press.

The November spill was the second time the pipeline leaked in South Dakota. In April 2016, a leak in the pipeline near Freeman, South Dakota, resulted in a spill of nearly 17,000 gallons of oil. The roughly 400-barrel spill was much worse than initially reported to federal authorities, and TransCanada reportedly requested the FAA create a no-fly zone above the spill. A passerby discovered the spill that eluded the pipeline's spill detection system and soaked private land. The spill caused a weeklong shutdown on the pipeline, according to the Associated Press.

In May 2011, roughly 14,000 gallons of oil, or more than 300 barrels, leaked in neighboring North Dakota after a valve reportedly failed at a pumping station near the South Dakota border. Other estimates put the spill closer to 21,000 galllons.

The company is currently seeking to expand its current system with the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The Trump administration has greenlighted the controversial project, reversing a decision by former President Barack Obama. The massive project would eventually connect tar sands in Canada to the Gulf Coast.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-new...regulators