Residents brace for pipeline project
From the Battle Creek Enquirer, about our friends to the west.
U.S. orders major Enbridge oil pipeline review after leak
“PHMSA has communicated its longstanding concerns about this pattern of failures with (Enbridge) over the past several years,” PHMSA wrote in the amendment to its order. “Given the nature, circumstances, and gravity of this pattern of accidents, additional corrective measures are warranted.”
Some images from the NTSB report
Updates
We’ve made a couple of updates to the blog: all of the Enbridge News links (over on the right) are now in chronological order. And we’ve also added the ability for readers to subscribe: now you can be notified of new posts by email. Please take a minute and become a subscriber!
Some longer posts with important information coming up later today. Stay tuned…
Wisconsin spill
More on the Wisconsin spill from Michigan radio.
Why is Enbridge in such a hurry?
Here’s an interesting short piece from an industry safety website. The key paragraph is this:
Critics contend the project is an attempt to use the concerns from the 2010 spill to pressure the public service commission to allow the company to build a new, higher capacity line quickly and without the same level of federal oversight that would occur if the entire line, including a section across the St. Clair River into Ontario, ended up replaced in one project.
Brandon Township Trustees Meeting
Tomorrow night (Monday, July 30), The Brandon Township Board of Trustees will once again take up the issue of Enbridge’s activity in their township. Interested citizens are welcome to attend. The meeting time and location are available here.
A vist to Enbridge
We’re on vacation in Minnesota this week. And as it turns out, our drive takes us right through Superior, Wisconsin. So we stopped by the Enbridge offices to have a little chat with them about their treatment of landowners. Details of our encounter coming soon.
A chance to air your concerns
Earlier this month, the Brandon Township trustees hosted Enbridge representatives at its board meeting (see story below). The Enbridge project will be back on the agenda at the board’s July 30th meeting. This is a chance for Brandon Township residents to gain more information and to voice their own concerns to the township board on the project’s potential affects on local roads and the environment. Please consider attending this meeting! For more information, time, and location, visit the Brandon Township website.
Some positive press for Enbridge?
From the Detroit Free Press.