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The Jungle 1

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10. Line 5 has spilled 33 times and at least 1.1 million gallons along its length since 1968.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:25 AM

Oct 2021

What is the big deal, what could go wrong? (sarcasm)
This pipe line sits exposed on the lake bottom and is in a busy shipping channel. Some supports that hold up the pipe are broken.
******** The Great Lakes are home to 21 percent of the world's fresh surface water. **********
This is a huge risk and the pipeline needs to be shut down.

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Canada formally invokes 1977 pipeline treaty with U.S. over Line 5 dispute [View all] OneCrazyDiamond Oct 2021 OP

Treaties are made to be broken MichMan Oct 2021 #1

They are? Goodness. We should throw them all out then. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #2

That was the opinion of the OP MichMan Oct 2021 #3

Not all treaties. OneCrazyDiamond Oct 2021 #4

Pipeline #3 is shoving its way across MN treaty land Champp Oct 2021 #5

I guess next The Canadian Government will tell their Indigenous Population abqtommy Oct 2021 #6

The treaty dispute is actually more interesting to me when I read the text of the treaty rpannier Oct 2021 #7

I cannot over emphasize ShepKat Oct 2021 #8

But but but pipelines are safe! The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #9

Line 5 has spilled 33 times and at least 1.1 million gallons along its length since 1968. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #10