nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that’s not what they told the public.