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Wow. oil companies are almost as great at making money as they are terrible at cleaning up their messes when things go wrong. just about exactly two years ago, a pipeline ruptured along michigans kalamazoo river. the company that owned the pipeline had ignored cracks and corrosion in the pipe for five years. when the pipe finally and perhaps inevitably gave out, the company did not respond or even realize anything had gone wrong for 17 hours after it broke. by that time, more than 800,000 gallon...

Have no freaking clue how to clean up tar pap sans oil when that spills. crude oil generally floats to the top of it water where some of it can be scrapes off. tarsans oil sinks to the bottom of whatever its in. how do you get it off the bottom of a riverbed? good question. they saw their pristine river turned into a test bed for how to clean up the oil spills. the best they could come up with was to literally shake the river bed, to agitate the river bed with big machines in order to try to mak...

Canada, and as it turns out, we have no freaking clue how to clean up tar pap sans oil when that spills. crude oil generally floats to the top of it water where some of it can be scrapes off. tarsans oil sinks to the bottom of whatever its in. how do you get it off the bottom of a riverbed? good question. they saw their pristine river turned into a test bed for how to clean up the oil spills. the best they could come up with was to literally shake the river bed, to agitate the river bed with big...

The top of it water where some of it can be scrapes off. tar sands oil sinks to the bottom of whatever its in. how do you get it off the bottom of a riverbed? good question. they saw their pristine river turned into a test bed for how to clean up the oil spills. the best they could come up with was to literally shake the river bed, to agitate the river bed with big machines in order to try to make the oil temporarily rise to the top where they could get at it. sorry, michigan, thats all weve got...

Problem with the kind of oil spill there, and with the kind of oil that would run through keystone is that most of it doesnt sit on the surface where it can be boomed up and scooped up. this oil sinks. on the occasion of the keystone vote this week, mother jones and this canadian paper on the screen have been writing about the kalamazoo river spill, explaining tar sand oil is thick and heavy, and has to be diluted with a noxious chemical cocktail so it can flow in the pipe. when spilled, the dil...

Police were looking for him after he allegedly shot up a party on new years eve and got into an argument with people he was spending the night with, came back and shot and injured four people. when barnes arrived here on sunday, police said he had automatic weapons with him and body armor and survival gear. he didnt get too far into the park, running into a checkpoint that park rangers maintain to make sure people have the proper equipment and snow tires and chains on the tires if they need to n...

hour three of the candidates are taking part in a rock the caucus rally, targeting younger voters. i want you to listen in here. i think we got michele bachmann, ron paul, rick santorum, all of them looking for the last-minute vote. lets listen in -- >> -- to do business if youre a job creator because of our tax code. im a tax lawyer. i want to abolish the tax code and do away with it and put it in its place a pro-growth code so that you can wildly succeed with your future and with you...

fayetteville, arkansas. 5:00 in los angeles. wherever you may be, we are glad you are here with us. lets start with the texas pastor, shall we? creating a bit of of a stir that that conservative values voter summit in washington. hes a rick perry supporter and encouraging republicans not to nominate mitt romney. because of romneys mormon beliefs. our jim acosta caught up with this pastor and asked him what do you say to those voters who think mormonism shouldnt be an issue? >> the sout...

so i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation. and i urge americans in affected areas to continue to listen for the guidance and direction of their state and local officials. before the storm made landfall, the department of homeland security and fema worked very closely with our state and local partners as well as volunteer organizations to preposition supplies and teams of first responders along the hurricanes project...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor ji...