Pipeline 150 Miles from Standing Rock Spews More Than 176,000 Gallons of Oil Into Water Supply

Echoing the same dangers that water protectors warned about the Dakota Access Pipeline, another pipeline in the Western part of North Dakota has ruptured, spilling more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil. The majority of the 176,000 gallons – a rough estimate that could be much higher – of spilled oil entered the Ash Coulee Creek from the Belle Fourche pipeline where it will pollute the water supply of thousands. To make matters worse, the company that owns the pipeline, Wyoming-based True Companies, says they have no clue why the pipeline ruptured. The company apparently uses monitoring technology to detect leaks like this, but… Read more…

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