Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline has raised its estimate again for how much gasoline spilled at a Huntersville nature preserve two years ago. And the company said in a web post Friday that the record-breaking spill probably happened weeks before it was discovered.

A Mecklenburg County judge has approved Colonial Pipeline's agreement with state regulators that includes nearly $5 million in penalties for a massive gasoline spill in Huntersville two years ago.

Colonial Pipeline has agreed to pay the state of North Carolina nearly $5 million in penalties and to provide additional data and cleanup plans for a massive gasoline spill in Huntersville two years ago.

Colonial Pipeline says it's still recovering gasoline daily from a massive spill nearly 18 months ago in Huntersville, and still has no estimate of how much might be left.

North Carolina state environmental officials have sued Colonial Pipeline in hopes of getting more information about the size of a massive gasoline spill in Huntersville 14 months ago. They also want the court to order corrective actions.

Saturday marks one year since the discovery of a massive gasoline spill on the Colonial Pipeline in Huntersville, north of Charlotte. Officials say they're still researching the extent of the spill and they aren't sure how long it will take to clean up. As one of the largest gasoline spills on land in the United States, it continues to raise concerns from neighbors and officials from Huntersville to Raleigh to Washington, D.C.

More than 1.2 million gallons of gasoline has now been recovered from the site of a massive pipeline spill a year ago in Huntersville. That's more than the total that Colonial Pipeline estimated six months ago, and more is being recovered daily.

Climate activists gathered in downtown Huntersville Sunday afternoon and later staged an overnight protest at the home of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. Members of Sunrise Movement NC said they want more climate-friendly infrastructure investments and action against Colonial Pipeline over a massive August 2020 gasoline spill in Huntersville.

Colonial Pipeline has reached a settlement with federal pipeline regulators over how it will respond to a massive gasoline spill last August in Huntersville and prevent future leaks all along the pipeline.

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