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First-Ever Footage of Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes

2013-10-15 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: This past July, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) conducted a diving expedition to obtain footage of aging oil pipelines strung across one of the most sensitive locations in the Great Lakes, and possibly the world: the Straits of Mackinac. Footage of these pipelines has never been released to the public until now. This NWF map simulates a 3, 6 and 12 hour spill from the tar sands oil pipeline based on Enbridge spill response plans, average current speeds and worse case discharge estimates....

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