Pipeline spill prompts states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund

Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled.

Pipeline spill prompts states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia –

A major gasoline pipeline that usually transports 1.3 million barrels a day from Houston to New York has been shut down since last Friday after leaking about 250,000 gallons of gas south of Birmingham. The EPA says the spill is contained, but the state of emergency allows fuel delivery truck drivers to exceed their maximum allowed driving hours in order to prevent fuel shortages. Sounds…safe? AL.com

26 min ago

Read the full article at: https://www.nrdc.org/news/pipeline-spill-prompts-states-emergency-alabama-and-georgia

top