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The Line 3 pipeline was built by the Lakehead Pipeline Company (now Enbridge) in the 1960s. It was the source of the Line 3 oil spill in Grand Rapids, Minnesota , the worst inland oil spill in U.S. history, which spilled 1.7 million gallons of crude into a tributary of the Mississippi River . [ 15 ]
The Line 3 pipeline was the origin of a 1.3 million gallon oil spill in Argyle in 1973. [14] On March 3, 1991, the Line 3 pipeline ruptured in a wetland near Grand Rapids, Minnesota, spilling 1.7 million gallons of crude oil into the Prairie River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. It was the largest inland oil spill in the history of the ...
Climate change in Somalia refers to changes in the climate in Somalia and the subsequent response, adaption and mitigation strategies of the country. Climate models predict that the East Africa region is likely to experience both near-term alterations in climate such as warmer temperatures, changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, and decreased precipitation, as well as long ...
Some activists have been locking themselves inside the pipeline and taking other action to disrupt Line 3. Riding along with Jane Fonda as she joins Indigenous water protectors to protest the Line ...
Mar. 19—GRAND FORKS — Gina Peltier was arrested in Minnesota's Clearwater County while praying on a bridge in protest of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project. That was last August.
Land degradation in Somalia is becoming an increasingly important issue as approximately one-third of Somalia's arable land has degraded and lost its fertility. [1] Land degradation in Somalia comes in a few major forms including soil erosion, loss of topsoil, the loss of vegetation due to overgrazing, and loss of vegetation due to the cutting of trees for the production of charcoal or for the ...
As Africa gears up to stage the first Africa Climate Summit next week, a new renewables project highlights the attempt to link development and sustainability on the continent
Climate change controversies (2 C, 23 P) D. Dam controversies (1 C, 72 P) G. ... Light brown apple moth controversy; Line 3 pipeline; Love Canal; M. Mahan Coal Limited;