LAKE MILLS — A firefighter displaying a self-contained breathing apparatus discussed the first 15 minutes after a pipeline rupture, attorney/farmer Chris Gutschenritter addressed easements and eminent domain, and a full-standing mock-up of a 42-inch pipeline were all part of an informational event Thursday in Lake Mills relating to a proposed additional Enbridge Energy Co. Tar Sands oil pipeline that might run through Jefferson County.
Elizabeth Ward from Sierra Club was also in attendance, as were Marybeth Elliot, a toxicologist, who discussed gases related to such pipelines and Sarah Zarling of CARS in Watertown talked of transportation of crude oil by rail....
Ken Notes: This will be tough to stop in our current political status. I know several farmers on the current route that have said they were promised one thing and got something quite different with little or no recourse...
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