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Construction update

Construction update

We don't know about others along the pipeline, but we are receiving periodic construction updates from our ROW agent (we're grateful for these). Here is the latest: Clearing crews have finished work on land east of US 23 to Taylor Road. Pipe has been dropped off on...

As the dozers approach…

As the dozers approach…

Regular readers of this blog know that we don't very often talk about our own situation. That's by design, as we never wanted any of this to be about us personally. Plus, we know that there are many homeowners along the path of Line 6B whose situations make ours look...

Brad Jacobsen replies

No sooner had we posted our political roll call describing our disappointing encounters with our elected officials than, checking our mailbox, we discovered the promised letter from our state representative, Brad Jacobsen. And we have to say, in fairness, that it is a...

Political roll call

Political roll call

In a post a couple of weeks ago, we tried to state our objections to the Line 6B project in one succinct sentence, which is this: Enbridge has run roughshod over the citizens of the state of Michigan and our state elected officials have stood by idly and allowed it to...

Capac mystery explained?

Capac mystery explained?

On Wednesday, we linked to an article in the Tri-City Times in which Enbridge spokesman Jason Manshum explains the activity in Capac as preparation for integrity digs on Line 5-- not, as we wondered after an earlier article in the same paper, preparation for work on...

Update on the POLAR lawsuit in federal court

Update on the POLAR lawsuit in federal court

If you'll recall, a couple of weeks ago, Enbridge filed a Notice of Removal to have a POLAR lawsuit heard in federal court. The case is now before U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland. The suit filed by POLAR sought both a preliminary injunction and a temporary...

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.