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The second pipeline oil spill in four years creates worries about existing and future pipeline safety.
The latest spill comes as Republicans and some Democrats, including Tester, want the Obama administration to approve TransCanadas Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf.
Keystone would cross the Yellowstone roughly 20 miles upstream of the Poplar Pipeline spill.
In 2011, an ExxonMobil pipeline break spilled 63,000 gallons of oil during flooding on the Yellowstone near Billings. The break was blamed on scouring of the river bottom that exposed the companys Silvertip line to floodwaters.
Who funds the cleanup? What about maintaining current pipelines that are aging?
The latest spill comes as Republicans and some Democrats, including Tester, want the Obama administration to approve TransCanadas Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf.
Keystone would cross the Yellowstone roughly 20 miles upstream of the Poplar Pipeline spill.
In 2011, an ExxonMobil pipeline break spilled 63,000 gallons of oil during flooding on the Yellowstone near Billings. The break was blamed on scouring of the river bottom that exposed the companys Silvertip line to floodwaters.
Who funds the cleanup? What about maintaining current pipelines that are aging?