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Breaking: Fracking’s Assault on Property Rights

Breaking: Fracking’s Assault on Property Rights

In the midst of the property rights nightmare and landowner abuse that has been the Line 6B replacement, evidently the Michigan legislature has decided to make things even worse for Michigan property owners. Just yesterday, Representative Rick Outman introduced...

Skull Update

According to a report in the Chesterton Tribune out of Indiana, a forensic anthropologist has determined that the skull found by Enbridge contractors is at least 74 years old. That means that the matter is to be turned over to the Indiana DNR’s Division of Historic...

Breaking News of the Weird: Human Skull Discovered

It may well be that various kinds of accidents are bound to happen on a pipeline project. But here's something probably nobody expected: according to reports, Enbridge construction crews have discovered a human skull in Porter County in Indiana. The area has now been...

Mini news roundup

We wish we could start this little news roundup by telling you that Enbridge spokesperson Graham White has issued a public apology to Emily Ferguson for his apparently fictional account of her behavior at an informational meeting regarding Line 9. Unfortunately, we...

How Low Can Enbridge Go? Part 2

How Low Can Enbridge Go? Part 2

Yesterday, we wrote about Graham White's gratuitous comments about our Canadian friend Emily Ferguson in Jessica McDiarmid's outstanding Toronto Star series "All Along the Pipeline". As far as we know, he has yet to write to Emily with the apology he obviously owes...

Breaking News: Enbridge Oil Spill

According to reports, Enbridge has shut down its Alberta Clipper pipeline in Canada following a spill at one of its pumping stations. Enbridge claims the spill is contained and claims "no impacts to water or people." We'll see. Why should residents of Great Lakes...

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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.