Oil Spills? Don’t Worry, They Happen All the Time
August 3, 2010
Kate Sheppard shares the map below from a National Wildlife Federation report on the many oil-production incidents which occurred in recent years, before BP captured our full attention. Sheppard writes:
From 2000 to 2009, onshore pipeline accidents caused 2,554 major incidents, including 161 deaths and 576 injuries. Offshore, 1,443 incidents caused 41 fatalities, 302 injuries, 476 fires, and 356 releases of pollution into the waters.
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