Dec 12, 2022

#USA: The recent #oilspill disaster in #Kansas

 #USA: The recent #oilspill disaster in #Kansas (background, context and  #politics) is explained succinctly by the brilliant history professor Heather Cox Richardson in her December 11, 2022 Letter from an American 🎓 #KEYSTONE #oil #Fossilfuels #fossilfools #Canada #politics #pollution #aquafir #waterrights #sacredland #policebrutality #news https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-11-2022

Oil spills in general are horrible. A special aspect of this midwestern area that is particularly concerning is the declining Ogallala aquifer upon which so many lives depend. I will be watching for grim updates from Kansas.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer


An old map on Wikipedia shows aquifer thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer with the then- proposed Keystone XL pipeline route laid over.