After the March 29 Exxon pipeline spill in Arkansas, the state’s attorney general announced Tuesday that it would launch an investigation of the spill and its impacts. We’ve collected photos from our archive from past Exxon spills-a grim reminder that spills happen far too often.
Based on a law more than 30 years old, Exxon is not required to pay into the federal oil spill response fund since their pipeline was carrying crude from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada. The tar sands is diluted bitumen and technically not classified as oil so companies transporting it in pipelines do not have to pay into the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
This leaves us wondering who would pay for a certain Keystone pipeline spill?
Cassady is a media officer for Greenpeace USA based on the East Coast. She covers climate change and energy, particularly how both issues relate to the Trump administration.
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