ANOTHER Oil Spill??!!
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Utah Oil Spill Stops Short Of Great Salt Lake
June 14, 2010
Emergency workers in Utah think they've stopped a 21,000-gallon oil leak from reaching the environmentally sensitive Great Salt Lake. But the spill has taken a toll on wildlife at creeks and ponds near the lake, coating abut 300 birds with oil and possibly threatening endangered fish. The leak started Friday when an underground pipeline in the mountains near the University of Utah broke.
DEBORAH AMOS, host:
On Friday, the news of another oil spill - this time, an oil pipeline in the mountains above Salt Lake City, burst. The Chevron Oil Company is expected to announce a cleanup plan today. Residents reported a strong smell of petroleum, and crews shut off the pipe by early Saturday morning.
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
But not before around 20,000 gallons of oil spilled into a watershed, which flows into the Jordan River then to the Great Salt Lake. As of yesterday, emergency workers said they had managed to contain the oil and stop it from flowing into that lake. Their techniques are similar to the ones used in the Gulf - floating booms and absorbent materials to soak up oil.
AMOS: But not before hundreds or local and migratory birds were coated in oil. They were sent to the local zoo for cleaning and it's too early to tell what impact the toxic oil will have on the birds' habitat.
Chevron spokespeople, sensitive it seems to the oil industry's reputation after the BP spill, said the company will take responsibility for the cleanup and respond to damage claims.
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June 14, 2010
Emergency workers in Utah think they've stopped a 21,000-gallon oil leak from reaching the environmentally sensitive Great Salt Lake. But the spill has taken a toll on wildlife at creeks and ponds near the lake, coating abut 300 birds with oil and possibly threatening endangered fish. The leak started Friday when an underground pipeline in the mountains near the University of Utah broke.
DEBORAH AMOS, host:
On Friday, the news of another oil spill - this time, an oil pipeline in the mountains above Salt Lake City, burst. The Chevron Oil Company is expected to announce a cleanup plan today. Residents reported a strong smell of petroleum, and crews shut off the pipe by early Saturday morning.
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
But not before around 20,000 gallons of oil spilled into a watershed, which flows into the Jordan River then to the Great Salt Lake. As of yesterday, emergency workers said they had managed to contain the oil and stop it from flowing into that lake. Their techniques are similar to the ones used in the Gulf - floating booms and absorbent materials to soak up oil.
AMOS: But not before hundreds or local and migratory birds were coated in oil. They were sent to the local zoo for cleaning and it's too early to tell what impact the toxic oil will have on the birds' habitat.
Chevron spokespeople, sensitive it seems to the oil industry's reputation after the BP spill, said the company will take responsibility for the cleanup and respond to damage claims.
(Soundbite of music)
AMOS: You're listening to MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127827335
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looks like they did what it took to get it controlled and will be announcing how they plan to clean it up, that doesn't seem like zero care for consequences to me
"Chevron spokespeople, sensitive it seems to the oil industry's reputation after the BP spill, said the company will take responsibility for the cleanup and respond to damage claims."
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Oil washes off birds.. not like they flew into Wind Turbines or anything.
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uhhh ... it'll take years to actually clean up the mess ... it's already polluted the river ... the zero care stems from the fact that these oil companies do not spend the money to actually prevent these accidents from happening ...
Also, anyone who thinks the mess really gets cleaned up is foolish. Once into the watershed they will never get it all I don't care how hard they try. Immediate and long-term damage will take place and we can't properly measure the extent.
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What he said.
Plus, only time will tell whether they'll really put their money where their mouth is.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/experts-kill-dont-clean-oiled-birds.html
"According to serious studies, the middle-term survival rate of oil-soaked birds is under 1 percent."
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