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Hodgepodge post (Daniel is back!)

Hodgepodge post (Daniel is back!)

The Arkansas Spill More details are emerging about the awful dilibt spill down in Arkansas. Lisa Song over at Inside Climate News is on the case. And to place the spill in some context-- context which includes the Line 6B pipe moving more of the stuff through our...

Why we need pipeline safety advocates

Why we need pipeline safety advocates

We hope you're sitting down for this one. Unfortunately, some people in Arkansas are learning a horrible lesson about what happens when a pipeline carrying tar sands oil fails. This is a major reason why we do what we do here at the blog--which isn't half as much as...

A Tale of Dirt (illustrated!)

A Tale of Dirt (illustrated!)

Long time readers of this blog know (we hope) that we have always tried very hard not to dwell on our personal situation, even though we do occasionally report on what's happening around our property. But when we do, we generally do it to illustrate more general...

Petition for pipeline regulations

Petition for pipeline regulations

Yesterday, we took part in a telephone press conference (a "tele presser") to announce a petition to PHMSA and the EPA spearheaded by the National Wildlife Federation and supported by a coalition of citizens and citizen groups. The petition seeks greater scrutiny,...

Absence

Absence

We are sorry for our recent silence. But rest assured we are still on the case. In fact, just today we've been taking pictures of the pipe that has actually made its way into the ground-- a spring miracle! Oh, and we took those pictures after the telepresser this...

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.