Iowa oil spill underscores pipeline risks day after Trump revives major projects
by Julia Carrie Wong from Environment | The Guardian on (#2A92G)
Rupture of 138,600 gallons is 'not a major disaster' but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects
Just a day after Donald Trump signed executive orders to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects, a pipeline rupture spilled 138,600 gallons of diesel fuel in northern Iowa.
Magellan Midstream Partners, an Oklahoma company with more than 10,000 miles of oil and ammonium pipeline, acknowledged that the spill began Wednesday morning in Worth County, Iowa, and said it was "unsure of the cause of the incident at this time".
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