Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120310:02:09:00
Problem with the kind of oil spill there, and with the kind of oil that would run through keystone is that most of it doesn't 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 dilutant evaporates. residents reported naus sha, burning eyes in the throat. it separates from the di...
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