The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 4th May 2017
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This could happen in NZ as fracking for oil progresses.
http://wakingtimesmedia.com/buffalo-pipeline-leaks-19000-gallons-crude-oil-farmland-oklahoma/?utm_source=Waking+Times+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ed06656323-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_25f1e048c1-ed06656323-54537521
ENVIRONMENT
Buffalo Pipeline Leaks 19,000 Gallons of Crude Oil on Farmland in Oklahoma
ByWaking Times Media
Posted on May 1, 2017
Wheat farmer and cattle rancher Steve Pope told local TV station KFOR that he has lost an estimated 120 acres of pasture and wheat crop from the spill.
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Waking Times Media
The Buffalo Pipeline, owned by Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., leaked approximately 450 barrels, or roughly 18,900 gallons, of crude oil onto farmland in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma last week.
Wheat farmer and cattle rancher Steve Pope told local TV station KFOR that he has lost an estimated 120 acres of pasture and wheat crop from the spill.
it certainly could have happened under TPPA… NZers would have had very little environmental protection or environmental say so under TPPA
…one thing we have Donald Trump to thank for….he killed TPPA!…lets hope it is not resurrected