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This Week: PS Trust 2013!

This Week: PS Trust 2013!

It's that time of year again! This week, the Pipeline Safety Trust will once again host its annual conference in New Orleans. Among other things, that means Executive Director Carl Weimer will drown his frustrations and celebrate his recent electoral victory in hot,...

Good News from Minnesota?

Good News from Minnesota?

Here's one we've been trying to steal some time to write about for a couple of months now: if you haven't heard, Enbridge is planning to build a new 600 mile pipeline from North Dakota to Superior, Wisconsin-- what they're calling the "Sandpiper Project." Not...

Enbridge to Stop Work for Winter

Enbridge to Stop Work for Winter

This week, Enbridge notified some townships on phase two that they will stop work for the winter. CJ Carnacchio over at the Oxford Leader has the story. This is a very strange turn of events and the article raises far more questions than it answers. It also contains...

5 spooky facts about Enbridge’s Mackinac Pipeline

Happy Halloween, everyone! Those of us along Line 6B have more than our fair share of frights over the past year or more. So we're bringing you a treat instead: a guest post from our friend and hero Beth Wallace! 5 spooky facts about Enbridge's Mackinac Pipeline by...

How Not to Write about Line 6B (again)

How Not to Write about Line 6B (again)

Since this post will cover some ground that we've covered before, we'll try to be brief. We're risking repeating ourselves because this really gets our goat: Yesterday, we read an interesting column by Jerry Davich in the Post-Tribune up in Northwest Indiana. The...

News Roundup

News Roundup

This news roundup is a little dusty, we're sorry to say, but still relevant. Here's a barrelful of recent items of note: Enbridge President of U.S. Operations Stephen Wuori-- yes, that Stephen Wuori-- was in Michigan last week. No, he wasn't here to talk to landowners...

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.