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Oil spill near Hope ‘a regulatory failure,’ say area First Nations (www.nelsonstar.com)

submitted 8 months ago by grte@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't support the pipeline being built but this was an oil storage tank that went for a tumble in a landslide, the kind that are absolutely everywhere. This is so unrelated to pipelines it hurts.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But it is related to oil companies just doing things without enough consideration for how things can go wrong while dealing with a substance that can cause a huge mess when they do go wrong.

[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn't an oil company though. It's a local paving company... It was a landslide, government should of stepped in immediately and sent the company a bill for remediation.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I should have just said most corporations. It's just like the rail companies with their accidents. Maximizing profits these days involves taking on a bunch of risk for more reward, but it's all just financial risk to them while random people and animals in their vicinity taking on the real risk.

[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Agreed