“The images are startling. Billowing black clouds darken the daytime sky as wind-driven grit pelts homes and cars and forces bewildered residents to take cover. The onslaught, captured in photos and video footage from Detroit and Chicago this year, was caused by the same thing: brisk winds sweeping across huge black piles of petroleum coke, or “petcoke,” a powdery byproduct of oil refining that’s been accumulating along Midwest shipping channels and sparking a new wave of health and environmental concerns. The piles are evidence of a sharp increase in North American oil production – particularly crude extracted from oil sands in Canada – that has been trapped in the Midwest because of limited pipeline capacity to carry it to the Gulf and West coasts, leading to unprecedented amounts of oil refining and petcoke production in the Midwest…”.*
*Read more here from the AP: http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Piles-of-petcoke-raising-anger-in-Midwest-5011319.php
Let’s Build It Together! Join us for the next exciting chapter of TYT and build our next home with us. http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork
Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at http://tytnetwork.com/member-options/. Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth.
Join The Young Turks Network mailing list http://tytnetwork.com/member-options/register-subscriber/
or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks
Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks
Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurks
Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungturks-20
Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/