Keystone Pipeline: over 200,000 gallons leaked into South Dakota

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Imagine that!

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/national/keystone-pipeline-leak-dumps-gallons-of-oil-in-south-dakota/article_a9a0157a-1d4c-5a8c-a95a-3eabd6f97742.html#tracking-source=home-breaking
…Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and activated emergency response procedures after a drop in pressure was detected resulting from the leak south of a pump station in Marshall County, TransCanada said in a statement. The cause was being investigated.

Officials don’t believe the leak affected any surface water bodies or threatened any drinking water systems, said Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist manager at the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which has dispatched a staff member to the site…

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I’m so done with this week. I am just so freaking done.

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Somehow I don’t think they would tell us if it did. The new EPA head being inclined to eliminate his very agency and all that.

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I’m done with this week too. Time for me to binge watch HGTV.