Source: BBC News
A recent environmental catastrophe occurred when 267,000 gallons of oil leaked from corroded transit pipelines in Northern Alaska.
An oil spill discovered at Prudhoe Bay field is the largest ever on Alaska's North Slope region, US officials say.
They estimate that up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres) of crude leaked from a corroded transit pipeline at the state's northern tip.
The spill was detected on 2 March and plugged. Local environmentalists have described it as "a catastrophe".
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez shipping disaster spilled 11m gallons (42m litres) of oil onto the Alaskan coast.
So fish and other wildlife can swim and live happily in crude-filled waterways now, right?
I'm waiting for the flash bulletin from Fox News about how this is good for the country and the environment.
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