Big Oil’s Safety Myth Exposed: The South Dakota Spill — The Political Vigilante | Graham Elwood

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Big Oil’s Safety Myth Exposed: The South Dakota Spill — The Political Vigilante | Graham Elwood

In this video, Graham Elwood breaks down a breaking report from The Hill revealing that TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline spilled over 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) of crude oil across Marshall County, South Dakota, coming just days before Nebraska regulators vote on key permits for the proposed Keystone XL expansion. Graham exposes the catastrophic track record of tar sands infrastructure, vindicates the warnings of indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock, and outlines how citizens can fight back through direct political pressure, regulatory resistance, and divesting personal finances from Big Oil.
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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. The Hill—Keystone Pipeline Spills 5,000 Barrels of Oil in South Dakota: https://thehill.com/
2. PHMSA - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Incident Data: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/
3. Sierra Club—Beyond Dirty Fuels & The Fight Against Keystone XL: https://www.sierraclub.org/
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline leaking 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) of crude in South Dakota
✅ The imminent Nebraska Public Service Commission decision on the Keystone XL permit
✅ Standing Rock water protectors vindicated: how corporate promises of "safe pipelines" are lies
✅ The environmental racism of pipeline routing: protected white suburbs vs. vulnerable communities
✅ PHMSA and Greenpeace data exposing over 63,000 barrels of oil spilled since 2010
✅ Personal divestment from fossil fuel cartels, electric vehicles, and starving Big Oil

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & Keystone Pipeline Spilling 5,000 Barrels of Oil
02:20 - TransCanada Spill in South Dakota: 210,000 Gallons Leaked
05:05 - Nebraska Keystone XL Permitting Decision & Public Backlash
06:40 - Electric Vehicles, Federal Tax Breaks & Divesting from Big Oil
09:25 - Sierra Club Response: Why Tar Sands Pipelines Are Never Safe

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