In Episode 75 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg examines distorted reportage on the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline by Russian hackers. The disaster illustrates the urgent need for a crash conversion from fossil fuelsābut also from digital technology. Signs of hope are seen in theĀ cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, the recent indigenous-led protests against the Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota, and the gas bill strike launched by Brooklyn residents to oppose the North Brooklyn Pipeline that would cut through their neighborhoods. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon.
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Colonial Pipeline leak underestimated: report
An August 2020 rupture on theĀ Colonial Pipeline at Oehler Nature Preserve in Noth Carolina, is now believed to haveĀ spilledĀ more than 1.2 million gallons of gasolineāan amount at least 18 times greater than what Colonial Pipeline Co. had originally reported. (Fractracker)
Colonial PipelineĀ facilities also saw aĀ leak in AlabamaĀ in 2016 and aĀ fire in North CarolinaĀ in 2010, both releasing hydrocarbons into the water and air, respectively.