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While you were worried about who stands for the National Anthem Part II:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alabama-pipeline-20160918-snap-story.html
It turns out that there is a reasonable concern for building oil pipelines over watersheds or ceremonial burial cites.
Lucky indeed.
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alabama-pipeline-20160918-snap-story.html
It turns out that there is a reasonable concern for building oil pipelines over watersheds or ceremonial burial cites.
"The pipeline breached near an old coal mine pit, and much of the fuel flowed into a water retention pond.
With local streams dry -- much of central Alabama is suffering from moderate to severe drought -- the gasoline did not find its way down into the Cahaba River, home to 64 rare and endangered plant and animal species, including the Cahaba lily.
“We really did bypass the bullet,” said Myra Crawford, executive director at Cahaba Riverkeeper, which has been monitoring the area by canoe and foot.“It could have been horrible. If the oil had flowed into the river, where our lilies grow, it would have contaminated one of our state treasures. It could have flowed down through Alabama and into the Mobile Bay.”
Lucky indeed.
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