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Keystone Pipeline Spill Fallout | Kansas City News
A massive oil spill on the Keystone pipeline—America’s worst onshore crude leak in nine years—dumped enough oil to fill an Olympic pool, devastating local ecosystems and killing over 2,700 animals, including endangered bats. South Bow, the pipeline operator, faces a $3 million Kansas settlement for cleanup, pending court approval, after investigators found the damaged section was installed under stress in 2010 and never replaced despite land disturbances and a 2013 re-excavation. The cleanup wrapped up early this year, and thankfully, no humans were harmed or public water supplies affected…
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