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Oil & gas industry spills happen "all the time"

Colin - 4-13-2011 at 05:51 AM

Six-month investigation finds at least 6,500 spills, leaks, fires or explosions at wells and pipelines nationwide in 2010

Next week marks the anniversary of the beginning of the BP oil disaster. It should have been a wake-up call for the industry and the federal government. Instead, spills, leaks and explosions still happen every day.

A six month CBS News investigation found that spills of crude oil and toxic chemicals last year alone were three times the amount of the Exxon Valdez spill.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/12/eveningnews/main20...

BDx13 - 4-13-2011 at 07:54 AM

sure, taht sounds about right.

Johnny_Whistle - 4-13-2011 at 09:26 AM

B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but it's NOBAMA'S FAULT! I heard it on my shortwave radio while shopping at the army surplus store in my hoveround...