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News roundup

News roundup

The crack staff of journalists at Inside Climate News-- this time, Lisa Song-- continues to do outstanding work. This morning comes another excellent article. It seems that Enbridge is not too keen about having to perform more cleanup of the Kalamazoo River. Not...

Phase Two proceedings, Part 3

Phase Two proceedings, Part 3

In our latest series, we're reporting on some of the arguments and testimony presented before the MPSC on Enbridge's phase two application. And as we do, we've been thinking about and discussing how well the MPSC fulfills (what we view as) its obligations, as a state...

Dog meets pipe

Dog meets pipe

When we got up this morning, Sam (that's the dog) said he'd like to wander the neighborhood to see the pipe. So we did. One of the construction workers, noting what a handsome boy Sam is, asked if he is an Irish Wolfhound. The answer is no. He is a German Wirehaired...

On that Indiana Op-Ed

On that Indiana Op-Ed

We work pretty hard here at the Line 6 Citizens' Blog to keep our cool. It's not always easy. Case in point: yesterday, we linked to a recent editorial piece by Doug Ross of the Times of Northwest Indiana. To be frank, the piece is so bad, so reliant upon Enbridge...

File under: ridiculous

File under: ridiculous

Way back at the beginning of October, we submitted an op-ed piece to Doug Ross at the Northwest Times of Indiana. The editorial board obviously decided against running it. And, evidently, they didn't bother to read a word of what we've been documenting on this blog...

Construction safety

A couple of days ago, we posted some pictures of Enbridge construction crews exceeding the TWS boundaries on our friend Carol's property. We've got more pictures from Carol's property this morning. This is a 14 foot open hole--it's been open for days-- with no...

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 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.