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Montana oil spill fouls Yellowstone River

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Jul 3rd, 2011
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The Associated Press Jul 3, 2011
An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 40-kilometre plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes.

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