Court says pipelines — not Exxon — are to blame for a major oil spill.

Grist
By Kate YoderAug 17, 2017, 4:26 pm169 pts
ExxonMobil’s Pegasus Pipeline poured more than 200,000 gallons of heavy crude into a neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, in 2013. Twenty-two homes had to be evacuated, and in the aftermath, hundreds of residents complained of nausea, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems. In 2015, the EPA fined Exxon more…

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