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“A meaningful discussion starts with the facts”

“A meaningful discussion starts with the facts”

If you've been paying attention to Enbridge in the news, you might have heard about the protests up in Canada a couple weeks ago, where some concerned activists put up a blockade halting work on Enbridge's Line 9 reversal project. In response to that action, Enbridge...

Oakland County Residents to ET Rover: “No!”

Oakland County Residents to ET Rover: “No!”

On Friday night we attended a meeting at Groveland Township Hall led by our friend Jeff Axt. Supervisor Bob DePalma invited Jeff to reprise the presentation he's given in Brandon and Rose Townships-- to large crowds we're told. There weren't a lot of people in...

Rover Resistance Informational Meetings

Rover Resistance Informational Meetings

Please share and attend: there will be two informational meetings this week, organized and led by landowners and citizens (NOT by ET Rover)  for those concerned about the proposed ET Rover natural gas pipeline project and why it is wrong for Michigan and bad for...

Connecting Some Dots

Connecting Some Dots

We're working on a positive post (believe it or not!) that we've been meaning to get to for a while. But things just keep getting in the way. First, the Rover news broke, then we went on vacation in Minnesota, where we spoke to the Friends of the Headwaters), then...

Enbridge (Says It) Values Landowner Relationships

Enbridge (Says It) Values Landowner Relationships

Last week, we told you a bit about our visit to Minnesota and our presentation to the marvelous Friends of the Headwaters-- a group of people we admire tremendously. You might not be surprised to learn that, as the Friends work hard to explain to their fellow...

Rover Resistance Heats Up

Rover Resistance Heats Up

One thing we've learned over the past couple of years is that the spokespersons of pipeline companies like tossing estimates around. For a very long time, for instance, Enbridge has been running around Michigan saying that the "vast majority" or "most" of Line 6B...

Links and Resources

Pipeline Safety Trust

A nonprofit public charity promoting pipeline safety through education and advocacy..

CENHS Podcast

From Rice University’s Center for Energy & Environmental Research in the Human Sciences

Petrocultures

Univeristy of Alberta’s research group on the social and politcal implications of oil and energy use.

Resilience

A journal of the environmental humanities.

ASLE

The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment

Inside Climate News

Covering climate change, energy, and the environment.