Last Week the city of Chicago suffered a major oil spill from a damaged pipeline. The spill leaked an estimated 256,000 gallons of oil. This has been the largest spill of oil in the past 20 years for this area. Over the years the oil spills have cost companies in the area upwards of 60 Million dollars. The cause is said to have been corrosion in the pipelines it self. This problem that they are facing has to be fixed by the federal Government.
Hood, Joel "The Great Illinois oil Rush"
Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-met-pipeline-shutdown-0914-20100914,0,3180046.story
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