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bioemerl · 2860 days ago · link · · parent · post: ND House passes bill saying you do not have to report small oil spills.
I imagine there should be some system that looks at total net oil leaks over the year or in each quarter so that people can see the stats rather than being able to hype up every little event, and such would allow people to see if an oil company is having a large number, an increasing/decreasing number of leaks, and so on. The only issue is if it is publicly reported, while the government or government offices would enforce normal regulations and standards consistently. My issue is that people are using lack of understanding of the scope of oil spills and the damage they are doing to overblow even tiny minor spills that are almost surely going to happen so long as we continue to use fossil fuels, no matter the transport method.