"Massive" oil spill in Alaska

This story broke a few days ago but has not received much publicity in the media. Many birds that are seen in SE Colorado breed on the Alaska coast and are subject to either direct harm or harm to their breeding habitat from such spills. Such catastrophic spills are one of the reasons that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be a disastrous decision.

"Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill

An oil spill discovered at Prudhoe Bay field is the largest ever on Alaska's North Slope region, US officials say.

They estimate that up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres) of crude leaked from a corroded transit pipeline at the state's northern tip.

The spill was detected on 2 March and plugged. Local environmentalists have described it as "a catastrophe".

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