| Nearly 40,000 gallons of crude oil have spilled into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana, as a result of a January 17 leak in a pipeline owned by Bridger Pipeline of Casper, Wyoming. So far, only about a quarter of the leaked amount has been recovered.
The 6,000 residents of Glendive were forced to use bottled water for five days until water from the local treatment plant was declared safe. Over that period, benzene levels in the local water supply were found to be 15 parts per billion, three times the maximum safe concentration, resulting in many residents reporting their tap water to smell like diesel. Bring on the Keystone XL -- it will contaminate our largest aquifer that millions depend on... |
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