North Dakota Fails to Disclose Hundreds of Oil Spills to the Public
- info2824713
- Oct 30, 2013
- 1 min read
A September oil pipeline spill is calling into question North Dakota’s lack of disclosure laws, which have allowed nearly 300 spills in the last few years to go unreported in the burgeoning oil state.
In 2012 and 2013, roughly 300 pipeline spills in the state went unreported, according to an Associated Press (AP) report that also uncovered roughly 750 oil incidents that had previously not been publicized.
According to state law, that’s just fine. There are no regulations in North Dakota regarding the disclosure of oil spills to the public.
20,000 barrels—or 800,000 gallons—of crude oil spilled onto Steven Jensen’s wheat fields, making it one of the largest inland oil spills in the states history. Photo credit: Neal Lauron/ Greenpeace
For the rest of this article please click the link: http://ecowatch.com/2013/10/29/north-dakota-fails-disclose-oil-spills-to-public/