Much ado over nothing. Pipe leaked, contaminated soil removed, pipe fixed, turn on the oil, no big deal. I'm sure whoevever owns the land will have a good year besides.

wasp2491 I never stated where the natural seepage was. The fact is there are leaks throughout the globe everyday, naturally, and the same sheeple never mention this. The only "problems" are when it leaks from a pipe, ship, or refinery. The inconsistency of the left is hilarious.

RAF-We all know oil has been leaking out of Wis. soil forever. How do you come up with this stuff?
If you are posting satire, I think you post a lot of satire.

Oil leaking from a pipeline ruins the environment, but oil leaking out of the earth naturally is part of the environment...as long as everyone understands the rules.

If "big government" means maintaining and enforcing regulations that prevent events like this from happening, I'm a "big government type." I recognize but do not accept your attempts, through propoganda and repetition, to associate negative stereotypes with people who care about the environment and our society.

Let's not be so short-sighted that we focus on today's fuel prices and forget that to get that "cheap" gas we are also destroying our world for tomorrow. Sorry, the excuse of we'll fix the environment later doesn't work for me. I don't make a lot of money, but I'm willing to make sacrifices now so that I can live comfortably later.

thedog-Well I guess they are. Are you a 1%er? Don't need a job and can pay anything for gas?

1,200 barrels. In one field. If that were YOUR corn field or YOUR child's football field, or a field bordering YOUR favorite fishing hole, I suspect some of you would be singing a different tune.

Sorry Janesvillean, mocking big government types is just so easy and fun. They always fail to see their own folly and that creates humor.

Well that explains the jump in gas prices today...

I remember as a kid, seeing people in the country putting their used oil on the gravel driveway to help keep the dust down. Most of those old timers lived to be well into their 80's plus and drank the tap water to boot.

"That "cheap" gas is what is literally keeping us alive."
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Are you being paid by the koch bro's???

The environment might just lose, due to misguided policy - but come on - cheap gas is "literally keeping us alive" ?? Clean water, air, and food are what's keeping me alive - just sayin'.

It is in everyone's best interest to assure that these pipeline breaks do not occur and that every precaution is being taken to prevent them. It is stupid and short sighted to think otherwise. To make fun of environmental precautions makes one wonder what type of "thought" processes go on in some people's heads. Sometimes I wonder if we are not entering some kind of a new dark age.

I suggest people in the area not be smoking in the shower......

georgethedog - That "cheap" gas is what is literally keeping us alive. If push comes to shove I guarantee you the environment will lose.
I'm just sayin'...

jv93, mockery does not solve the problem. It should certainly be possible to deliver gas via pipeline with sufficient protections so we don't have spills like this on a regular basis. In fact, all we really need are companies that follow regulations and officials that enforce them.

We need to appoint a blue ribbon task force, hire some consultants, commission a study, and maybe reexamine the permitting process to so we can guarantee this never happens again. After we have done that we'll complain about the high cost of petroleum products.

I'm sure oil and gas spills help wisconsin tourism too. Just don't drink the water.

poor poorrichard I guess your precious jobs and "cheap" gas are just more important than the environment, huh?

There goes the price of gas (and loss 0f jobs at the Chicago refinery)

Really nice. This should go well with the gas spill we had a few days ago.