'Major hydrologic impacts': Bayou Bridge pipeline work allegedly left a mess in Atchafalaya

in #nature5 years ago

The pipeline opened after extensive opposition and a series of lawsuits from environmental and fisheries groups failed to halt the pipeline's construction.

Interesting article about a pipeline running through the Atchafalaya swamp that wasn't properly cleaned up after installation. I'm all for progress and not being too hard on business, but really, clean up after yourself, put the swamp back like it was!

Read the full story here...
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_2051dd8e-dfc5-11e9-83a6-5ff74c656b3e.html

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The company will probably spend more on lawyer bills than it would have cost to do the work correctly in the first place.

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