Crude Business: 13 Oil Spills in 30 Days – Infographic
[Waking Times] Nationwide, protests against the Keystone XL Pipeline project are erupting, and after Exxon’s Pegasus pipeline disaster last week dumped over 10,000 barrels of Tar Sands bitumen crude in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, ordinary Americans, some at least, are finally grasping the significance of the dangers presented by moving oil.
Shockingly, however, in the last 30 days alone, there have been at least 13 toxic oil spills on 3 continents, demonstrating that this problem is an ongoing global issue, not just something that is finally bubbling up in the backyards of working class Americans.
Furthermore, the Los Angeles Times reports that the amount of oil spilled in Arkansas represents a mere fraction of the amount of toxic oil and chemicals that leaks annually from pipelines onto American soil and in our waterways.
“Between 2008 and 2012, U.S. pipelines spilled an average of more than 3.1 million gallons of hazardous liquids per year, according to data from the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the nation’s pipeline regulator. Those spills — most commonly caused by corrosion and equipment failure – caused at least $1.5 billion in property damage altogether.” [LA Times]
While Exxon continues to threaten reporters and photographers getting too close to the oil spill in Mayflower with arrest, activists and concerned individuals are quick to do the work of the American media and are putting together a solid case against these pipelines, and against the conniving tactics that put United States law and law enforcement in the service of oil corporations.
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