Pipeline leak statistics should give pause to pipeline supporters. 

Pipeline leak statistics should give pause to pipeline supporters. 

By Ron Whittington, Athens Banner-Herald (Jan 3, 2016) – “The problem is that each company uses different criteria, so ‘it’s a nightmare for regulators,’ according to Carl Weimer, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, a public charity that promotes fuel transportation safety….’This isn’t like the fox guarding the hen house,’ Weimer said. ‘It’s like the fox designing the hen house.’”