Oil Spill 200 Miles West of Standing Rock

Approx 100 barrels of oil spilled into Ash Coulee Creek during Monday’s spill 200 miles from #StandingRock #NODAPL https://t.co/y3esP3NRIn

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 8, 2016

Some 100 barrels of oil and water may have spilled into the Ash Coulee Creek from a pipeline in North Dakota, according to the state health department. Inspection and containment have been hampered by blizzard conditions, and the water is starting to freeze.

We are beginning skimming operations,” Bill Suess, a spill investigator for the North Dakota Department of Health, told RT. “No volumes yet, but vague reports of [a leak] of 100 barrels of oil, possibly water and oil, but can’t confirm yet.”

  RT

If past spills are any guide, it will turn out to be a lot worse than they tell us.

The six-inch Belle Fourche pipeline, which runs above ground, leaked into an unnamed tributary of the Ash Coulee Creek – a creek that flows year round and feeds into the Little Missouri River.

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According to records from US Department of Transportation, the company has had 10 reported spills over the past five years, accounting for a loss of nearly 5,000 barrels of oil, causing $2.26 million in property damage.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.