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MPSC: Giving away the store

MPSC: Giving away the store

This post will likely be the last in our series about the MPSC phase two proceedings. If you missed our previous installments-- where we discussed the shallow analysis of their public engineer, the hard work the MPSC staff attorney performed on behalf of Enbridge, the...

A few more KXL = 6B thoughts

A few more KXL = 6B thoughts

A few follow-up items to this morning's ruminations on the hot Keystone XL debate:  It probably won't come as a surprise to anyone to learn that while Michigan legislators (with only one or two notable exceptions) have been sleepy and silent about the Line 6B...

The Canadian oil end game

The Canadian oil end game

We try to stay focused and disciplined here at the Line 6B Citizens' Blog. That is, while like most everybody else we've got lots of opinions about lots of things, we prefer not wander too much into areas that lie outside what we see as our primary mission here:...

Construction slideshow

Construction slideshow

A busy week at our day job-- papers! midterms!-- prevented us from blogging last week; we're sorry for the silence. We're also planning to play a little catch-up around here regarding Line 6B matters over the next several days. And in case you are not caught up, we...

And Enbridge wonders why people don’t trust them

And Enbridge wonders why people don’t trust them

The last time we saw any Enbridge representatives-- Mark Curwin, Thomas Hodge, and Mike Ashton, to be precise-- they were primed for action. This was at a Brandon Township Board of Trustees meeting last December where Enbridge was bound and determined to finalize an...

News Roundup

News Roundup

Some interesting articles have appeared over the past couple days. Over at Inside Climate News, their crack staff of reporters continues to do great work. Lisa Song has two excellent articles. The first is on the MPSC's phase two approval. A couple of choice quotes:...

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Pipeline Safety Trust

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CENHS Podcast

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Petrocultures

Univeristy of Alberta’s research group on the social and politcal implications of oil and energy use.

Resilience

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ASLE

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Inside Climate News

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