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North Dakota Officials Took Nearly 2 Weeks to Go Public About Oil Spill
2013-10-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: When a pipeline rupture sent more than 20,000 barrels of crude spewing across a North Dakota wheat field, it took nearly two weeks for officials to tell the public about it. The break in a Tesoro Corp. pipeline happened in a remote area, and officials say no water was contaminated or wildlife hurt. But environmentalists are skeptical and say its an example of a boom industry operating too cozily with state regulators. It shows an attitude of our current state government and what they think of...
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