Exxon pipeline leaks crude into Yellowstone River

[decker1313]

I was just browsing some news sources and came across a couple of articles mentioning this spill that occured this morning.

Exxon's Yellowstone oil spill prompts evacuations - CBS News

Exxon oil spill in Mont. river prompts evacuations - WBAY-TV Green Bay-Fox Cities-Northeast Wisconsin News

According to the articles Exxon officials are estimating up to 42,000 gallons of crude oil released into the Yellowstone.

I figured some of you might find some interest in these articles, although on the western side of the country the Yellowstone is a fantastic body of water for trout fishing, brown, rainbows, and the famed yellowstone cutthroats. Not to mention the Yellowstone is a tributary for the Missouri, where the crude is clearly going to reach.

 

[coolkyle]

Thank God this happened in Billings and not Gardiner! On a serious note, the lower Yellowstone is beautiful in its own way, and this makes me really mad. It's amazing how gross the river is through B-town compared to the other 700 miles.