Isn’t this what #NoDAPL was all about? … save our Earth.
Remember there’s no planet “B”!!
‘On Thursday,November 16, an existing portion of TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline leaked at least 210,000 gallons of oil near Amherst, South Dakota. The spill is about 40 miles from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation.’
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Spilled oil in South Dakota – 2016
Early Friday morning it was announced that on Thursday, an existing portion of TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline leaked at least 210,000 gallons of oil near Amherst, South Dakota. The spill is about 40 miles from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation. Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal chairman David Flute said his community is concerned the leak, the largest by the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota to date, could pollute the area’s aquifer and waterways.
“We are keeping a watchful eye and an open ear. The concern is at a high level, but there is really nothing we can do.”
On November 20th, the Nebraska Public Service Commission is scheduled to vote on whether to accept TransCanada’s Keystone XL proposal to construct new pipeline through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Thursday’s spill is the largest yet in the pipeline’s 7-year history…
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It Is What It Is 
Sometimes, things like this have to happen to right a wrong. May that be an example to those who are contemplating on doing the same thing.
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