Must read: Investigation reveals true hazards of piping tar sands across America

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-07-05
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<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/enbridgecleanup2epa2-300x233.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="78" /></span>America has a new word to learn: Dilbit. Dilbit, short for diluted bitumen, is a combination of tar sands crude (bitumen) and dangerous liquid chemicals like benzene (the dilutant) used to thin crude so it can be piped to refineries. And there is a lot of it being piped into America -- in some cases through the backyards of communities that don't even know it's there.</p>
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