Fort Peck tribes warn of water risk as proposed pipeline could bring millions in revenue for Valley County

Fort Peck tribes warn of water risk as proposed pipeline could bring millions in revenue for Valley County

In January 2015, the town of Glendive detected the contaminant benzene in its drinking water. Days earlier, the nearby Poplar Pipeline ruptured, spilling between 30,000 and 50,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. Wintry conditions and thick river ice meant it took until spring to clean up the fouled river. "The investigation into that spill showed that the spill was neither...