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About that Pipeline Secrecy Bill…

About that Pipeline Secrecy Bill…

We hope everyone is enjoying the summer. We certainly are, which is why we've been (more than) a little neglectful of the blog of late. We hope you'll forgive us! Readers of this blog are probably aware of a certain anniversary that's coming up in a couple of weeks....

Stop the Enbridge-Rover Secrecy Law

Stop the Enbridge-Rover Secrecy Law

Imagine a law that says that Enbridge or ET Rover is not required to disclose to you basic facts or details about the pipeline that runs through your backyard. Sounds ludicrous, doesn't it? And yet, that is exactly the law that the Michigan legislature is trying to...

Another Politician Betrays Michigan

Another Politician Betrays Michigan

What is it with Michigan elected officials? At a moment in time when almost everybody in the U.S. and Canada recognizes the need for heightened scrutiny of pipeline operators-- especially given the failures of our federal regulators-- Michigan Representative Kurt...

Rover Suing Landowners

Rover Suing Landowners

We knew it would come to this. MLive is reporting today that Rover is suing landowners in Washtenaw over their right to survey. This is a matter we discussed in some detail months ago. Rover's actions here are bad enough: they continue to fail to cultivate good...

Why Do Pipelines Keep Leaking?

Why Do Pipelines Keep Leaking?

Fresh off a visit to Washington, D.C. and a visit to PHMSA, we've got an op-ed this week over at Vice News in which we wonder why pipelines just keep failing: It has been five years since the Marshall disaster in Michigan — and also five years since the terrible San...

No Rover-Vector Expansions (for now)

No Rover-Vector Expansions (for now)

If you've been following the news this week, you've surely heard that ET Rover has altered its plans significantly. They've entered into an agreement with Vector Pipelines (a joint operation owned by Enbridge and DTE) to use existing infrastructure through much of...

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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

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Covering climate change, energy, and the environment.