They polluted the Gulf of Mexico, and apparently they're hard at work polluting Alaska.
Alaska state officials confirmed Wednesday that an oily mist sprung from a compromised oil pipeline and sprayed into the wind without stopping for at least two hours, covering 33 acres of the frozen snow field in the [vicinity of the BP-owned Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska’s North Slope].
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Initial reports said that 27 acres had been covered, although that figure was updated later on Wednesday. [...] They also reported that while the noxious mist was distributed over such a wide area by 30 mph winds, no wildlife was impacted.
RT
Oh, Suuuuuuuuuuuure.
[In 2006,] an estimated 267,000 gallons of oil seeped through a quarter-inch sized hole in a corroded BP pipeline. That accident went unnoticed for five days.
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Instead of acting as a warning to the company, though, the 2006 spill only served as a preview for a 2009 spill that sent approximately 14,000 gallons from a pipeline into the tundra and wetlands of Prudhoe Bay.
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US government lawyers said in a court filing that sought to levy steep fines onto BP [...] ”Eerily similar to the 2006 spill, BP ignored alarms that warned of the pipe’s eventual rupture and leak.”
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Officials made the most recent finding less than a week after a report from the US National Research Council (NRC) announced that regulators are not prepared to effectively respond to an Arctic oil spill.
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“The lack of infrastructure in the Arctic would be a significant liability in the event of a large oil spill,” the report stated, as quoted by the Associated Press. “It is unlikely that responders could quickly react to an oil spill unless there were improved port and air access, stronger supply chains and increased capacity to handle equipment, supplies and personnel.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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