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Six US States Declare Emergency after Major Gasoline Pipeline Spill; Media Almost Silent

posted by martyb on Monday September 19 2016, @09:12AM   Printer-friendly

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The Colonial Pipeline spill has caused 6 states (Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina) to declare a state of emergency. Gasoline (petrol) prices on the east coast are likely to spike. Yet, most puzzling is how this vast emergency and its likely effect on cost of living has gone unnoticed by mainstream media outlets. The pipeline is owned by Koch Industries: is this why the media is silent?

[Are there any Soylentils in the affected area who can corroborate this story? Have you heard of the spill, seen long gas lines, or any price gouging? -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 2) by jelizondo on Monday September 19 2016, @04:53PM

    by jelizondo (653) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 19 2016, @04:53PM (#403839) Journal

    Agree, that is why the DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) must NOT be built, when it leaks it can leak directly into the Missouri river, poisoning the water supply of several regions.

    Actually it crosses several bodies of water, per the United States Army Corps of Engineers [army.mil]:

    • Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota
    • Lake Oahe, South Dakota
    • Carlyle Reservoir, Illinois
    • McGee Creek Levee, Illinois
    • Illinois River navigation channel, Illinois

    I believe that we have allowed greed, a.k.a. “free markets”, to get away with too much already. We pay the costs of pollution and poisoned water, while the “people who create jobs” grab the benefits; and in the case of the DAPL, they are temporay jobs, which will not offset the damage of leaks on the water supply.

    Please do see the talk by Aaron Huey [ted.com], it is very informative of the way the Sioux have been betrayed by the U.S. Government time after time.

    For a primer on the DAPL and the situation there, see here [heavy.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday September 19 2016, @08:30PM

    by rts008 (3001) on Monday September 19 2016, @08:30PM (#403957)

    ...the Sioux...
    Heh heh, I'm Blackfoot, so I already know the score.

    However, I do kindly thank you for the info, and I find your words and attitude refreshing and delightful. Seriously. :-)