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12,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Leaks From Railroad Car In Minnesota, No Cleanup Planned
No significant clean up work is planned after a valve or cap mishap on a Canadian Pacific rail car spilled 12,000 gallons of crude oil between Winona and Red Wing. According to officials at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the incident was reported at 11:41 a.m. Monday, after crews discovered the leak. The spill involved less than half the contents of a typical tanker car, which holds about 26,000 gallons of liquid.
According to David Morrison, a member of the MPCA emergency response team sent out Tuesday, the spill was more pronounced along the tracks in Winona when he inspected rail crossings in the city Tuesday afternoon. Morrison said this was probably due to increased snow cover on the tracks, making the spill more visible, and the train travelling more slowly through the city, depositing more oil.
This happens again and again and will continue to happen again and again. Good thing that Native Americans are fighting the good fight for all of us and doing everything they can short of violence too stop things like this from happening. If you don’t know what I’m talking about go educate yourself. Google “Lakota Keystone Pipeline”.
