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The Keystone Pipeline will break.

April 2, 2013 /

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When Meghan Hammond imagines the Keystone XL pipeline, she can’t help but think of the Kalamazoo River.

"The oil is still not cleaned up," said Hammond, referring to the fallout of a July 2010 Enbridge pipeline rupture that spewed more than 20,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands crude oil into the Michigan waterway. "That’s a good example of what could happen to York, Nebraska."

The 25-year-old family farmer in York County got another potential preview on Friday, when an Exxon Mobil pipeline burst in Mayflower, Ark., releasing up to an estimated 10,000 barrels of tar sands oil and reportedly forcing the evacuation of some 40 families. Hammond told HuffPost in a subsequent email that the latest spill "affirms" her fears.

"Pipelines leak," she said. "It’s a matter of when."

Lynne Peeples

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