Bold Nebraska
More great reporting from InsideClimate News on the state of pipeline safety in the wake of the tarsands pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas.
Lest we forget, it's not just older pipelines that are spilling...TransCanada's Keystone I pipe leaked 12 times in just its first year of operation
Inside Climate Hews - by By Elizabeth Douglass and David Hasemyer
"Did Exxon manage and test its broken Pegasus pipeline according to established guidelines? And, if it did, is the Arkansas accident a warning that other pipelines might be at risk?"
"Interest in the information being withheld from public view is keenest in Mayflower, Ark., where the Pegasus pipeline split open on March 29, sending an estimated 5,000 barrels—or 210,000 gallons—of sticky oil-like Canadian diluted bitumen, or dilbit, into a nearby lake and neighborhood, sickening residents and forcing 22 families to flee their homes. It's also been a longtime concern for Central Arkansas Water, because more than 13 miles of the Pegasus line cross through a utility watershed that serves 400,000 people in the Little Rock area."
Three pages with details.
