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Enbridge Earns Rare Slap From Regulators
On Thursday, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a rarely used corrective action order (CAO) to Enbridge, owner of the Lakehead pipeline system. This order is in response to yet another pipeline disaster, which dumped over 50,000… Read more >
Tar Sands in New England Clears Another Hurdle
Late last week, the Canadian National Energy Board approved a major step in a thinly-veiled effort to bring tar sands through New England for export out of South Portland, Maine. The Board approved the partial reversal of Line 9 from Sarnia,… Read more >
Enbridge Spills Again. Is it Tar Sands?
Enbridge, the company that spilled a million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River two years ago this week, and that the National Transportation Safety Board likened to the “Keystone Kops” of pipeline safety, has reportedly just spilled another… Read more >
Tar Sands Giants Sneaky New Playbook Revealed
Polluters seem to have drawn the wrong lesson from the Keystone XL controversy. Rather than temper the headlong rush to exploit tar sands, they’re getting sneakier. The tactics: gut environmental and public review while breaking up their grandiose proposals into smaller pieces to avoid detection. If they succeed,… Read more >
Appeals Court Upholds EPA “Endangerment” Finding on Climate
In a victory for advocates of EPA action to reduce global warming pollution, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has just announced that EPA acted properly in assessing the risks of climate change and has taken appropriate action under its… Read more >
Congress’ Latest Attack on the Environment Ensnares Elvis
Last year, Congress voted 191 times against the environment. This year isn’t likely to be any better. It wasn’t always like that. Since 1970, we’ve had a bipartisan law that requires federal agencies to conduct comprehensive assessments of the… Read more >
Senator Inhofe Puts Polluters Ahead of Oklahoma Lakes
Oklahoma City’s Lake Hefner is an urban oasis bustling with life, and rated as one of the best lakes for sail boarding. With a boat dock and fishing docks, it’s a draw for families eager to catch some catfish, white… Read more >
Hundreds Pack EPA Hearing Calling for Climate Action
People of every stripe took to the podium on Thursday in Chicago and Washington, D. C., in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide pollution emitted from power plants. From anglers to students to teachers,… Read more >
Keystone XL Backers Could Derail 1 Million Jobs
Friends of Big Oil have been making a habit in this session of Congress of threatening to scuttle “must pass” legislation in order to hasten construction of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline. In June, yet another special interest showdown is… Read more >
New Keystone XL Route – Same Risks, Same Threats
Building a 1,700-mile pipeline tocarry up to 800,000 barrels a day of thick, tar-like crude oil through the middle of America will rip up Canada’s boreal forest, leave toxic sludge ponds behind, disrupt pristine ecosystems and threaten every area along… Read more >
