DoomsdaysCW<p>Keystone, 'Safest Pipeline in the World,' Ruptures—Again</p><p>President Donald Trump wants to revive Keystone XL, a highly controversial extension of the tar sands pipeline system, despite three massive leaks over the past eight years.</p><p>Brett Wilkins<br>Apr 08, 2025</p><p>"This is a developing story... Please check back for possible updates...</p><p>"The Keystone pipeline—which carries hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil nearly 2,700 miles from the Alberta tar sands to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma daily—was abruptly shut down Tuesday morning following a rupture in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthDakota</span></a>, marking yet another accident along what proponents have called the 'safest pipeline in the world.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthBow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthBow</span></a>, the Canadian company that manages the Keystone system, said it shut down the pipeline—which transports an average of around 624,000 barrels of crude oil per day—after detection systems sounded the alarm on a pressure drop. The company said the spill is confined to an agricultural field about 60 miles southwest of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fargo</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/keystone-pipeline-leak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/keystone</span><span class="invisible">-pipeline-leak</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKXL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TarsandsOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TarsandsOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KXL</span></a></p>