The DAPL pipeline, the one the Standing Rock Sioux (and some of us in Carbon County) were protesting, will go into full operation on Thursday. Already there were three minor leaks.
Last winter another Dakota pipeline leaked a large amount of oil which was not detected by the supposedly accurate sensors (a farmer found the leak and reported it). As a resident who is well within the “blast zone” of the PennEast/UGI pipeline, I am not reassured by the record of pipeline safety.
These pipelines are so unnecessary. If our country pushed renewable energy and gave the type of subsidies now available to oil and coal, we could end our reliance on fossil fuels within a few years.
I want to thank my friend Tom for the information on the leaks in the DAPl pipeline.
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