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“Horrific”

It's been a few days since our last landowner story. But don't worry; we've got more. We think the series has been quite powerful (if you've missed any part of it, please take a look back). We wonder what Enbridge thinks. We wonder how many stories like this, how many...

Radio, Radio

If you're bored at work this afternoon, you might want to tune in to the Tom Sumner radio program on WFNT out of Flint from 4-5 pm. His guests will be the awesome Beth Wallace of the National Wildlife Federation (you know her!) and, um, yours truly. Let's just say...

Breaking News (we wish!)

Breaking News (we wish!)

You might recall that a couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that the Pipeline Safety Trust has had to resort to crowdfunding in order to raise enough money to send ordinary citizens to this year's Pipeline Safety Trust conference. In our view, this is a dire situation....

“Long and Exhausting”

“Long and Exhausting”

If you missed it, yesterday Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter David Hasemyer at Inside Climate News posted a terrific piece on the plight of landowners whose homes sit in close proximity to the Line 6B pipeline. Among other things, Hasemyer notes that there are no...

Landowner Stories, Pulitzer-style

Landowner Stories, Pulitzer-style

If you want to see what distinguishes Pulitzer Prize-caliber reporting from what ordinarily passes for journalism, take a look at the latest report from David Hasemyer at Inside Climate News. Coinciding nicely with our latest series, Hasemyer's piece tells the stories...

“A Bad Dream”

“A Bad Dream”

We don't know about you, but we've been finding the voices of our fellow landowners moving and powerful. They reveal how and why Enbridge has generated so much ill-will with its "neighbors" in Southeast Michigan. Whether this is simply a result of "mistakes" or any...

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 groupĀ on the social and politcal implicationsĀ 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.