Montana: State of Emergency Declared Over Yellowstone River Oil Spill
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We’ve seen this movie before, several times as a matter of fact, and each time it’s a tragedy. Oil spills, the latest in Montana, over 50,000 gallons of crude into the pristine Yellowstone River, is yet another source of shame for all Americans whose dependence on oil threatens our fragile world.
(TheWeek) On Monday night, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) declared a state of emergency for two counties on the Yellowstone River, after a pipeline over the river burst on Saturday morning, contaminating the drinking water. Bridger Pipeline LLC, which operates the 12-inch Poplar pipeline, estimates that 300 to 1,200 barrels (2,600 to 50,400 gallons) of light Bakken crude dumped into the Yellowstone before the pipeline was shut off.
The spill happened about nine miles upstream of the town of Glendive, and 220 miles upstream of Billings. Montana officials are urging residents of Glendive and other nearby towns to drink bottled water until testing determines if the drinking water is safe for consumption. The Poplar spill follows a 2011 spill in the Yellowstone from an ExxonMobil pipeline, which poured about 1,500 barrels into the river.
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Once we start seeing criminal prosecution for such cases we’ll start seeing these oil idiots exercising more caution.
So terribly sad, so horribly unnecessary. Humans.