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Not far from John "What, me regulate?" Boehner, as it happens: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N0MF0I520140318?irpc=932
"March 18 (Reuters) - Clean-up operations began on Tuesday after a major oil pipeline owned by Sunoco Logistics Partners LP leaked hundreds of barrels of crude oil into a nature preserve next to the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio.
Crews vacuumed oil that had leaked from the Mid-Valley pipeline into a wetland area of the Oak Glen Nature Preserve, 20 miles (32 km) north of Cincinnati, according to local officials.
The leak was discovered at 8:20 p.m. EDT on Monday (0020 GMT Tuesday) and the line was shut around 1 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sunoco said. It was unclear if any oil was still spewing from the pipe.
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spanone
(135,885 posts)mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)Can't have any connection the the Keystone Pipeline...
tonybgood
(218 posts)It's also interesting that the pipeline had been laid before the nature preserve was established. I guess the thinking was "Out of sight, out of mind,"
riqster
(13,986 posts)SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)when the hell are we going to wake up. The Keystone pipeline is a bad idea!!!! DUH!!! And I agree, I never heard squat about this on any news channel. Are the news channels this blind?
riqster
(13,986 posts)Just owned by Repubs. And Repubs also own the energy companies.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 20, 2014, 10:45 AM - Edit history (1)
almost 5 hours later? WTF?
I thought these things were safe and had 'safety features' that prevented these kinds of things?
riqster
(13,986 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)the months of uncontrolled flow in the Gulf when BP employed their 'safety features'.
Progress!
(And I'm down here in SW Ohio, roughly 30 odd miles north of cinci, along the river, so I'm not thrilled, although I think this particular leak was still a bit downstream. I'm just glad we're not a great area for fracking.)
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)I'm north of cinci, the leak is actually W-NW of cinci.
aggiesal
(8,924 posts)8:20pm Monday night
1am Tuesday morning..
blackspade
(10,056 posts)I read 8:20 am for some reason.
Still 4.5 hours is terrible.
Petrushka
(3,709 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Profit baby, and eff who it hurts, including planet earth.
riqster
(13,986 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)The gop wants clean water for themselves!
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