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This is what leadership looks like

Tonight, the Brandon Township Board of Trustees passed a resolution requiring Enbridge to adhere to certain safety standards (among other conditions) before beginning construction within township limits. To date, these are the only elected officials in Michigan who...

And still more national coverage

And still more national coverage

A fantastic follow-up article in the Los Angeles Times by Matt Pearce, a smart reporter who clearly understands the situation here in Michigan and beyond. Pearce writes: The next big oil pipeline battle is here [in SE Michigan], and hardly anybody knows about it. And...

More on tonight’s Brandon Township meeting

More on tonight’s Brandon Township meeting

Excellent coverage with some details of the resolution on Enbridge that Brandon Township will consider at tonight's meeting-- from Eric Lawrence at the Free Press. A taste: "I do find it interesting that they can assure that the pipeline project in Alberta is built...

Public Pressure

Public Pressure

It's been almost exactly one year since Enbridge filed its application with the Michigan Public Service Commission seeking approval for its Line 6B "replacement" project. And in that year, we're not aware of a single elected official from Michigan at the state or...

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.