04 Apr More Tar Sands Pipeline Leaks

No April fools joke: Exxon's Pegasus pipeline was shut after a leak was discovered late Friday afternoon near the town of Mayflower, AR. The leak forced the evacuation of 22 homes; 12,000 barrels of oil and water recovered so far. 

According to The Raw Story, "The burst pipe is part of the Pegasus pipeline network, which connects tar sands along the Gulf coast to refineries in Houston. Thousands of gallons of crude oil erupted from the breach around 3:00 p.m. on Friday, spilling through a housing subdivision and into the town’s storm drainage system, fouling drainage ditches and shutting down Highway 365 and Interstate 40." Read Raw Story here. 



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This is the second tar sands related oil spill to happen in the last week. The first was a train that derailed in MN, spilling 30,000 gallons of tar sands. Read more here.