12.07.2021 - US, United States - Common Dreams Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. It runs from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Alaska at Valdez 800 miles (1,300 km) (Image by I, Luca Galuzzi / Wikipedia)
“The implications of this speak to the pipeline’s integrity and the effect climate change is having on pipeline safety in general.”
Alaska’s thawing permafrost is undermining the supports that hold up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, putting in danger the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines.
In a worst-case scenario, a rupture of the pipeline would result in an oil spill in a delicate and remote landscape where it would be extremely difficult to clean up.
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