{"id":37859,"date":"2013-06-20T13:47:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/trust-us-were-the-oil-company.html"},"modified":"2013-06-30T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T23:54:57","slug":"trust-us-were-the-oil-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/trust-us-were-the-oil-company.html","title":{"rendered":"Trust Us: We’re the Oil Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
Safety! Environmentally sound! Hi-tech! \u00a0Gee, pipelines sound like no-brainers, simply laying some pipe across the ground and letting the money flow, amiright?<\/p>\n

Things leak. Sometimes things leak a lot. Sometimes things leak a lot and nobody knows about it until someone stumbles across it because the lead detection systems are crappy. \u00a0But those details only tend to come out after<\/i> the leak takes place …<\/div>\n

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\u2018Every Plant And Tree Died\u2019: Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms<\/a>
\n As the Obama administration\u2019s decision regarding whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline draws nearer, the latest disaster is raising serious concerns about the safety of Canada\u2019s rapidly expanding pipeline network. A massive toxic waste spill from an oil and gas operation in northern Alberta is being called one of the largest recent environmental […]\n <\/p>\n

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Safety! Environmentally sound! Hi-tech! \u00a0Gee, pipelines sound like no-brainers, simply laying some pipe across the ground and letting the money flow, amiright? Things leak. Sometimes things leak a lot. 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