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Hundreds of oil spills kept secret by North Dakota
2013-10-28 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: North Dakota`s fracking frenzy is leaking like a sieve. And you haven`t heard about it because fracking companies, oil pipeline owners, and state officials have been keeping information about hundreds of oil spills secret for years. After a huge spill of more than 20,000 barrels on a wheat farm was hushed up for 11 days, the Associated Press discovered the extent of the years-long cover-up: Records obtained by the AP show that so far this year, North Dakota has recorded 139 pipeline leaks that...
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