The lessons of Bellingham’s Olympic Pipeline explosion

The lessons of Bellingham’s Olympic Pipeline explosion 

by Derek Moscato, Special to the Seattle Times, (Jun 4, 2019) – “One positive legacy of the 1999 tragedy was the establishment of the Pipeline Safety Trust, which came into being thanks to a grassroots watchdog group called SAFE Bellingham and the families of the deceased, who demanded improved oversight and accident prevention planning. Inspired by a similar organization set up in the wake of Alaska’s 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Bellingham-based organization has a mandate to advocate for safer pipelines not only in the Northwest but, indeed, nationally.”