State regulators left the public in the dark for weeks after a major diesel fuel spill near New Orleans. The spill came from a pipeline owned by a company the state had just granted a permit to a nearby project
https://www.desmog.com/2022/02/04/diesel-spill-louisana-pollution-collins-pipeline-pbf-chalmette/
lack of transparency diminishes any chance for public accountability and oversight
“The public has no access to the inspection data and is expected to trust the operator’s evaluation of what the data says about the pipe’s integrity,” Caram wrote to DeSmog. “The operator can look at the data and conveniently reclassify it between categories of need for repair.” This turn of events led him to wonder, “Where is the accountability?”
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