A family moves to a new place, and their kid’s health starts to deteriorate. Viscous substances drip out of places they’re not supposed to. Government officials show up in hazmat suits. These are staples of horror movies — and also places where pollution and oil spills haunt residents. 350.org recruited a few actors to demonstrate that, yah, you should be as frightened of the KXL pipeline as you are of that serial killer.

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Well, or possibly the message is just never to buy a house from Teri Hatcher Wendie Malick. [Ed. note: Grist List is mildly faceblind.]

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