ExxonMobil continues its cleanup efforts after a ruptured pipeline
sprayed thousands of barrels of crude oil from Canada across a central
Arkansas subdivision, forcing nearly two dozen homes to evacuate. The
20-inch so-called "Pegasus" tar sands pipeline burst late Friday near
Mayflower, Arkansas, creating what the Environmental Protection Agency
is categorizing as a "major spill." The incident is refueling calls for
the Obama administration to reject the controversial Keystone XL
pipeline, which would deliver tar sands oil from Canada to refineries in
Texas. "It’s almost as if nature was trying to send a message that it
might be best to just leave this stuff underground in Canada, where it’s
been safely for the last few million years, instead of trucking it,
piping it, training it hither and yon across the countryside," says Bill
McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org. He is author of "Eaarth:
Making a Life on a Tough New Planet."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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