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INSTITUTE INDEX: The Colonial Pipeline Co.'s long history of environmental disasters

By Sue Sturgis

September 20, 2016 - A spill from the Colonial Pipeline in Alabama threatens the Cahaba River, which provides drinking water for over a million people and is the sole home for 13 species. The spill is the latest disaster for which the Georgia-based company, owned in part by units of Koch Industries and Royal Dutch Shell, has paid millions in fines.

INSTITUTE INDEX: The Colonial Pipeline Co.'s long history of environmental disasters

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