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THE HILL - Workers took the Keystone oil pipeline offline on Thursday after it spilled 5,000 barrels of oil in rural South Dakota, officials said. A TransCanada crew shut down the pipeline at 6 a.m. Thursday morning after detecting an oil leak along the line, the company said. The leak was detected along a stretch of the pipeline about 35 miles south of a pumping station in Marshall County, South Dakota. TransCanada estimates the pipeline leaked 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000 gallons, before going offline. The company said it's working with state regulators and the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to assess the situation. The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources heard about the leak at about 10:30 a.m. Thursday, ABC affiliate KSFY  reported . TransCanada is seeking to expand its Keystone pipeline network. President Trump this year signed a presidential permit allowing the company to build the Keystone XL pipeline...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Debbie Wasserman Schultz, that bumbling Congresswomen and Chairperson of the Democratic National Convention doesn't believe politics or political considerations will play any part in Obama's final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. Righto... and we have a bridge to sell ya Debbie. In you case it would be "A Bridge To Nowhere" because that is obviously where you spend most of your time already. We do have to give this however, she certainly is the willingly obedient sheeple that the President knew she would be. Se certainly is not disappointing her BOSS. POLITICO - Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz doesn’t believe President Barack Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL pipeline will be swayed by politics. “As a member of Congress who represents hundreds of thousands of people in south Florida, I want to make sure the right decision is arrived at and that the president mak...