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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...

News of the weird, part 3

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...

News roundup

News roundup

While we were toiling away all last week at our regular job, a number of interesting Enbridge-related news items appeared. The most important of which, of course, is the new EPA order telling Enbridge they need to do more dredging to remove oil from the Kalamazoo...

A little schadenfreude

A little schadenfreude

Ordinarily, we try not to take pleasure in the misfortune of others. But we have to admit to kind of enjoying it when this construction truck got stuck in the mud on our property this morning. It was sunk so deep they had to use the gigantic backhoe to drag it out.  ...

More gunk in Michigan rivers?

More gunk in Michigan rivers?

Here's a distrubing story. You see, apparently pipeline spills are not the only way that the diluted bitumen Enbridge transports can foul Michigan rivers. Let us tell you about "petcoke." A byproduct of the refining process, petroleum coke is a fine powder that can be...

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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.