Topaz Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 An oil pipeline that goes through Michigan to Sarnia Ontario, spill open from corrosion, and leaked thousand of gallons of oil into a river that leads to Lake Michigan. The pipeline starts in Alberta then goes through Indiana to Michigan. About 20 Canada Geese have died plus another twenty were on their way to a post center to be cleaned. Michigan is angry because the oil company was told about the section of pipeline needed attention but the company was slow in fixing it. people around that area have had to move out of their homes because of the smell. This will cost another oil companies BIG bucks to fix this! http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100729/enbridge-spill-michigan-100729/ Quote
Moonlight Graham Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 They should try to burn it away! Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
punked Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 Where was the over sight? Where was the regulation? Oh Bush got rid of it just as Republicans want to get rid of all over sight and regulation. Quote
Wild Bill Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 An oil pipeline that goes through Michigan to Sarnia Ontario, spill open from corrosion, and leaked thousand of gallons of oil into a river that leads to Lake Michigan. The pipeline starts in Alberta then goes through Indiana to Michigan. About 20 Canada Geese have died plus another twenty were on their way to a post center to be cleaned. Michigan is angry because the oil company was told about the section of pipeline needed attention but the company was slow in fixing it. people around that area have had to move out of their homes because of the smell. This will cost another oil companies BIG bucks to fix this! http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100729/enbridge-spill-michigan-100729/ Only 20 geese? Lord knows we can spare them! Those 'sky rats' are worse than sea gulls! Might help keep a few more airliners from crashing during takeoffs or landings. Quote "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw "There is no point in being difficult when, with a little extra effort, you can be completely impossible."
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 30, 2010 Report Posted July 30, 2010 Where was the over sight? Where was the regulation? Oh Bush got rid of it just as Republicans want to get rid of all over sight and regulation. Right here: U.S. regulators warned a subsidiary of Enbridge in January that it wasn't adequately monitoring the corrosion of a Michigan pipeline that leaked an estimated 3.8 million litres of oil into the Kalamazoo River this week. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation informed the Canadian company's chairman, Terry Gill, in writing on Jan. 21. It said that Enbridge's monitoring of corrosion in Line 6B was out of line with U.S. regulations. Nice try....flop! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Topaz Posted July 30, 2010 Author Report Posted July 30, 2010 Isn't this the same conmpany that is charging it natural gas customers large bills because THEY didn't catch a error in the bills in Ontario or even Canada? Quote
Yesterday Posted July 30, 2010 Report Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) Isn't this the same conmpany that is charging it natural gas customers large bills because THEY didn't catch a error in the bills in Ontario or even Canada? Faulty valves, corroding pipes...nothing stands in the way of profits....that's what chapter 11 in GATT is for. (I think its the right chapter number...giggle) All foreign companies operating on US soil have the right to sue the government regarding any legislation that impedes profits. Pipes up to code? What code? This chapter to me means that even with US regulators acknowledgment of Enbridge's practices they are basically cornered from enforcement because of the likelihood of getting the government sued. Edited July 30, 2010 by Yesterday Quote
GostHacked Posted August 24, 2010 Report Posted August 24, 2010 Right here: U.S. regulators warned a subsidiary of Enbridge in January that it wasn't adequately monitoring the corrosion of a Michigan pipeline that leaked an estimated 3.8 million litres of oil into the Kalamazoo River this week. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation informed the Canadian company's chairman, Terry Gill, in writing on Jan. 21. It said that Enbridge's monitoring of corrosion in Line 6B was out of line with U.S. regulations. Nice try....flop! It ain't no Deepwater Horizon lolololool. Quote
Shady Posted August 24, 2010 Report Posted August 24, 2010 (edited) Nice try....flop! Ouch. I think that punked flop deserves the appropriate sound effect! *edit* I noticed he hasn't bothered posting since you completely pwned him on it. Great job! Edited August 24, 2010 by Shady Quote
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