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On today’s Freep story
As we mentioned earlier today, the Freep's excellent new environmental reporter Keith Matheny has a second article about Line 6B in today's paper. We think he is doing fine work (the first story is here) and not just because he spoke with us and our friend David...
We’re back– and they’re back!
We apologize for our recent absence-- but assure you we are still on the case! We'll explain why we've been away later and we'll also try to play some catch up. In the meantime, you might check out the latest from the Freep (we're in there along with our friend David...
Breaking News from Canada
This just in: the government of British Columbia has rejected Enbridge's proposal for its Northern Gateway project. The bottom line, according to the B.C. Environment Minister: "Our questions were not satisfactorily answered [by Enbridge] during these hearings." One...
On Enbridge land agents (teaser)
Honestly, we thought, after all this time, that things might change. We thought-- despite the available evidence-- that Enbridge might learn from its mistakes. We thought--we hoped-- that landowners along phase two might benefit from the experiences of and all the...
“You wouldn’t know there was a spill…”
Early last week, we kicked off our latest series-- on our experience with IJNR Kalamazoo River Institute-- by ruminating on the strange current state of Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. Yes, both are lovely and seemingly very clean. Objectively speaking, it's...
About that petcoke
This morning, we're a little irritated. Remember that story about those disturbing piles of petroleum coke, a byproduct of the dilbit refining process, that we reported on a couple of months ago? Well, the New York Times ran a piece by reporter Ian Austen on the story...





