Yellowstone Oil Spill Fuels Opposition to Proposed U.S.-Canada Pipeline

Greenwire: As cleanup continues along a Montana river despoiled by a 1,000-barrel oil leak, green groups see a new opening to secure stronger pipeline safety rules and to beat back a major U.S.-Canada oil link -- the types of victories that did not materialize after last year's Gulf of Mexico gusher. The political ramifications of the Friday rupture on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Silvertip line are likely to be felt most keenly in the next six weeks, as the Obama administration readies a final environmental review......

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