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Exxon: Ruptured pipeline carried tar sands crude.
Laura Zuckerman – Reuters
Exxon: Ruptured pipeline in Yellowstone River carried tar sands crude
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Every time there is an oil “leak,” “spill,” “rupture,” or whatever they call it, soon we learn that the oil companies have been cheating and lying. Often the federal and/or state regulators have been complicit.
Now we see it again.
Dirty little secret: 40% of our imported oil comes from Canadian tar sands; more than any other source. One of the most environmentally destructive oil extractions ever devised! Similar leaks have occurred in Michigan and a few other places, recently.
Yellowstone river oil spill takes toll on wildlife:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/07/19/yellowstone_river_oil_spill_takes_toll_on_wildlife/
New Montana oil spill went unreported for a month:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43806777