Al Jazeera: Pipelines break. They dont break often, but when they do, the result can be catastrophic.
Thats what worries John Harter, a rancher who grew up in this rural, poor and conservative area of southern South Dakota. Harter, 51, still lives here, and owns land that the Keystone XL pipeline would cross if its ever approved.
Harter points to the 2010 spill of 860,000 gallons of tar sand oil from a pipeline crossing the Kalamazoo River in Michigan when people ask what hes fighting against. Enbridge,...