Marcus Waddington

Pipe Dream

The Enbridge Pipeline's questionable safety measures By Marcus Waddington When Michelle Barland Smith woke up one morning in July 2010 in Battlecreek, Michigan — a small town overlooking the Kalamazoo River — the first thing she noticed was an unusual odour in the air, something you might get from a mix of “gasoline, tar, and nail polish remover.” The next day a neighbour told her there had been an oil spill somewhere in the vicinity. Sure enough, when Michelle went out that evening to check on the cluster of emergency vehicles gathering on a nearby bridge, she could make out…

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