Keystone Pipeline back up and running after oil spill in rural Kansas creek
The spill resulted in about 14,000 barrels of oil leaking out, the largest spill in the pipeline's history.
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The spill resulted in about 14,000 barrels of oil leaking out, the largest spill in the pipeline's history.
The cause of a Keystone Pipeline oil spill is under investigation after it spewed an estimated 590,000 gallons into a creek in rural Kansas last week. The environmental disaster may impact gas prices. Omar Villafranca has more details.
The latest spill in Kansas unleashed more than an estimated half-million gallons into the surrounding area — more than all the crude oil pipeline spills in 2021 combined, according to federal data.
A ruptured section of the Keystone Oil Pipeline dumped nearly 600,000 gallons of crude oil into a Kansas creek. The Environmental Protection Agency says no drinking water was affected — but nearby residents are complaining of a strong odor.
"People are sometimes not aware of the havoc that these things can wreak until the disaster happens," said Sierra Club lobbyist.
As prices at the pump surge, GOP leaders see the suspended oil pipeline as a solution. But the answer isn't so simple.
A group of former NFL players, including Hall of Famer Richard Dent and quarterback Jim McMahon, filed suit against the league claiming they were supplied with narcotics and other painkillers; and, the wide open spaces of central Nebraska have become an unlikely battlefield in the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline.
Days after a massive oil leak in the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, a key vote comes Monday for the controversial Keystone XL expansion. Roxana Saberi reports.
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As expected, President Obama vetoed a bill Tuesday which approved the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, passed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate. CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes explains why this doesn't come as much of a surprise.
The new GOP-led Congress is set to take up legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, setting up a showdown with the White House. President Obama has said he would veto the bill. Nancy Cordes reports from Washington.
The U.S. Senate failed to pass authorization for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, falling one vote short of a fillibuster-proof 60 votes. The incoming Senate Republican majority vowed to take up the legislation again in the next term. Norah O'Donnell reports.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the president should not veto a bill to fast-track construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it passes the Senate Tuesday.
The wide open spaces of central Nebraska have become an unlikely battlefield in the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada promises the oil pipeline will create 9,000 jobs in the area and will be protected by an elaborate monitoring system. But opponents argue the environmental impact could be devastating. Dean Reynolds reports.
Judge Brian Morris said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to adequately consider effects on endangered species such as pallid sturgeon, a massive, dinosaur-like fish that lives in rivers the pipeline would cross.
State regulators were on the scene Wednesday afternoon, and they estimated that the area of the spill was 1,500 feet long by 15 feet wide
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