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Tales and lessons from the NTSB report, Part 1

Tales and lessons from the NTSB report, Part 1

If you haven't seen it yet, the NTSB Pipeline Accident Report on the 2010 Enbridge spill in Marshall, Michigan is a riveting-- and revealing-- document. Still, we understand that 100-plus pages of fact-finding released by a federal regulatory agency isn't exactly...

Three core issues for landowners, residents: Part 3

Three core issues for landowners, residents: Part 3

In the first two installments of our three-part series on core issues for landowners and residents affected by the Enbridge Line 6B project (and that's pretty much all of us!) we discussed individual landowner negotiations and local consent. In our discussion of the...

Brandon Township continues questioning

Brandon Township continues questioning

More excellent reporting by Susan Bromley of The Citizen in Brandon. The Brandon Township board and its attorney, showing great leadership, are taking the issue of local consent very seriously. Will other townships follow their...

“Systemic deficiency”

“Systemic deficiency”

The NTSB final report has been released in its entirety-- and "it just gets worse." Here's a small taste: "Although these deficiencies involved different elements of Enbridge's operations, and may appear unrelated, taken together they suggest a systemic deficiency in...

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.