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Oil pipeline leak into Yellowstone River, upstream from Little Missouri National Park, Williston, and Bismark

300x144 Google Map, in Bridger Pipeline leak into Yellowstone River, by John S. Quarterman, for SpectraBusters.org, 18 January 2015 The oil may never reach Bismark because it will pollute Lake Sakakawea on the Missouri River first. Or it could go all the way down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and join BP’s oil. Pipelines leak. Let’s stop building more of them. Solar power is faster, cheaper, and far safer.

Jessica Summers, Bloomberg news, 18 January 2015, Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River After Montana Crude Pipe Leak,

Oil pumped in the Bakken leaked from a pipeline into the Yellowstone River near Glendive in Montana on Saturday.

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Do we want pipeline wastewater spilled in the Floridan Aquifer?

Fracked methane pipelines require testing with local water, which goes back into the local watersheds, not unlike what just happened with the brine spill in North Dakota:

Cleanup area nearly 2 miles down ravine after ND saltwater spill; separated pipe suspected Article by: JOSH WOOD , Associated Press Updated: July 10, 2014 – 10:00 PM http://www.startribune.com/nation/266545571.html?utm_content=buffer7947c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer