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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!)
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...
Pics: the pipe is in the ground!
Well, some of it is anyway...
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
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...
News of the weird, part 3
Well, this one's hard to resist: the debate up in Canada over Enbridge's Northern Gateway project-- basically, Canada's version of Keystone XL-- continues. And just last week, in testimony before the Canadian Joint Review Panel, an industry "consultant" named John...





