Are you aware of what's going on? Dakota Pipeline

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    JC29856 said:

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    http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/13/right-winger-rick-perry-dapl-board-member-picked-energy-secretary
    Yeah. God help us!
  • Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,660
    edited December 2016
    http://www.sciencealert.com/that-thing-the-standing-rock-protesters-were-afraid-of-just-happened

    Funny how pipeline accidents are barely covered in the news, eh?

    Here are some lists of pipeline accidents in select countries, for those who don't quite believe the oil companies when they say pipeline accidents are extremely rare (or, even more, for those who do believe it!). Notice how the instances have seriously increased in the past few years, and also take note that that is far from all the accidents; there are links to many many more accidents within the lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents
    (I actually lived 1 block from the 2007 accident in Canada. I also live 3 blocks from where the Kinder Morgan Pipeline twinning that was just approved by the Canadian Federal Government will end up and to where an oil storage facility's capacity will be tripled ... although not if the many, many opponents in BC can help it. The long hard fight against it continues!
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    PJ_Soul said:

    http://www.sciencealert.com/that-thing-the-standing-rock-protesters-were-afraid-of-just-happened

    Funny how pipeline accidents are barely covered in the news, eh?

    Here are some lists of pipeline accidents in select countries, for those who don't quite believe the oil companies when they say pipeline accidents are extremely rare (or, even more, for those who do believe it!). Notice how the instances have seriously increased in the past few years, and also take note that that is far from all the accidents; there are links to many many more accidents within the lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents
    (I actually lived 1 block from the 2007 accident in Canada. I also live 3 blocks from where the Kinder Morgan Pipeline twinning that was just approved by the Canadian Federal Government will end up and to where an oil storage facility's capacity will be tripled ... although not if the many, many opponents in BC can help it. The long hard fight against it continues!

    all environmental disasters are unreported or under-reported, gulf spill, fukushima.
  • Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,660
    edited December 2016
    JC29856 said:

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    all environmental disasters are unreported or under-reported, gulf spill, fukushima.
    ?? You just named 2 instances that got blanket media coverage though. I actually just saw several big mainstream articles about Fukushima earlier this week.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Posts: 9,617
    PJ_Soul said:

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    ?? You just named 2 instances that got blanket media coverage though. I actually just saw several big mainstream articles about Fukushima earlier this week.
    sorry meant the unreporting or under-reporting of environmental damage.

    blanket media coverage on this:
    http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/03/14/16-us-ships-that-aided-japan-still-contaminated-with-radiation.html
    if the ship is still contaminated what about those on it?
    or this:
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/earth/dispersant-may-have-made-effects-of-deepwater-horizon-spill-much-worse/
    dont remember hearing much about the disbursant being more toxic than the oil
  • Posts: 10,398
    Interesting. Dare devil protestor hung a banner from the rafters at the Vikings game today to speak out against US Bank's involvement with the pipeline. Give the guy credit for this one. That's one way to get the message out.

    http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/1/1/14139882/protesters-climb-vikings-stadium-divest-nodapl
    It's a hopeless situation...

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