[rad-green] Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leaking O il in North Dakota and Nobody’s Talking About It

*https://themindunleashed.com/2019/10/keystone-pipeline-shut-down.html
<https://themindunleashed.com/2019/10/keystone-pipeline-shut-down.html>Creative
Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com          Oct 30, 2019*

Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leaking Oil in North Dakota and Nobody’s
Talking About It

*An unknown amount of crude oil has been leaked across the state of North
Dakota.*
*By Emma Fiala <https://themindunleashed.com/author/emmafiala>*

[image: Keystone Pipeline]

(TMU <https://themindunleashed.com/>) — A pipeline carrying tar sands oil
into the United States from Canada has reportedly
<http://www.startribune.com/keystone-pipeline-leaks-oil-in-eastern-north-dakota/564114082/>
leaked
an unknown amount of oil across North Dakota. The pipeline’s owner, TC
Energy—formerly known as TransCanada—shut down the pipeline as a result of
the leak.

*“TC Energy immediately began the process to shut down the pipeline,
activated its emergency response procedures and dispatched ground
technicians to assess the situation,”* the company said
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tc-energy-crude-keystone-pipeline/tc-energy-reports-spill-in-north-dakota-shuts-keystone-pipeline-idUSKBN1X92DM>
.

According to State Environmental Quality Chief Dave Glatt, regulators were
notified of the crude oil leak near the town of Edinburg in northeastern
North Dakota late on Tuesday after detecting a drop in pressure. The oil
was reportedly leaked over an area that regulators have estimated to be
about 1,500 feet long by 15 feet wide as of Wednesday afternoon.

The Calgary, Alberta-based company is working to contain the spill, the
cause of which is currently under investigation. Area roads are closed as
the clean-up and investigation continues.

According to Glatt, area drinking water was not affected by the spill
though some wetlands were affected.

It is unclear when the leak began and for low long it has been leaking.

At a cost of $5.2 billion, the 590,000-barrel-per-day Keystone pipeline,
which began pumping crude oil in 2010, is part of a 2,687-mile system
<https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Keystone-pipeline-leaks-oil-in-eastern-North-Dakota-564115471.html>
that
would include the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved.

Just yesterday, tribal officer Kip Spotted Eagle told
<https://www.keloland.com/news/capitol-news-bureau/yankton-sioux-preservation-officer-testifies-against-kxl-oil-pipeline-taking-s-d-water>
a
South Dakota state panel that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline should not
be allowed to divert water from three rivers in South Dakota. The Yankton
Sioux Tribe historic preservation officer said the proposed pipeline
project could infringe on tribes’ hunting and fishing.

The $8 billion project is seeking permits to use water from the Cheyenne,
White, and Bad rivers in South Dakota. The state’s Department of
Environment and Natural Resources has recommended the board grant the
permits.

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