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Oliver Milman in Satartia, Mississippi

‘Like something you see in a movie’: Trump cuts stir fears of more pipeline ruptures

a car parked by a broken pipeline
White ice generated by the release of carbon dioxide in Satartia, Mississippi. Photograph: US Department of Transportation

On a clear February evening in 2020, the smell of rotten eggs started to waft over the small town of Satartia, Mississippi, followed by a green-tinged cloud. A loud roar could be heard near the highway that passes the town.

Soon, nearby residents started to feel dizzy, some even passed out or lay on the ground shaking, unable to breathe. Cars, inexplicably, cut out, their drivers leaving them abandoned with the doors open on the highway.

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