14 DAY TRIAL // The reason scientists keep going on and on about how we should ditch fossil fuels sooner rather than later is that dirty energy sources such as oil and coal release insane amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and, in doing so, fuel climate change and global warming.
Seeing how 2014 turned out to be the hottest year ever recorded, there is no arguing with brainiacs on this one. The thing is that, as illustrated by an incident that occurred last weekend, the fact that they produce dangerous emissions is not the only thing that makes fossil fuels the bad guys of the energy sector.
Not to beat about the bush, reports say that, this past Saturday, an oil pipeline in the US burst and spilled a massive amount of oil into the country's Yellowstone River. Specifically, the pipeline is estimated to have dumped about 50,000 gallons of oil into this water source in the western US.
The spill occurred sometime around 10 in the morning. The part of the Yellowstone River that was affected by it was the one near the city of Glendive in Montana. The somewhat good news is that, since the river was frozen, not all that much oil managed to work its way deep into the water.
As soon as the spill was discovered, the pipeline that caused the incident was shut down. Together with local Department of Environmental Quality specialists, officials with the Environmental Protection Agency are now trying to assess the damage caused by this spill, DM informs.
Folks with Bridger Pipeline Co., the company responsible for the accidental oil release, promise to soon sort out the mess. “Our primary concern is to minimize the environmental impact of the release and keep our responders safe as we clean up from this unfortunate incident,” said Vice President Tad True.