Tony Iallonardo’s Archive

Enbridge Earns Rare Slap From Regulators

 |  Aug 3, 2012

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 … Read more

Tar Sands in New England Clears Another Hurdle

 |  Jul 30, 2012

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 … Read more

Enbridge Spills Again. Is it Tar Sands?

 |  Jul 28, 2012

  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 … Read more

Tar Sands Giants Sneaky New Playbook Revealed

 |  Jul 6, 2012

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 … Read more

Appeals Court Upholds EPA “Endangerment” Finding on Climate

 |  Jun 26, 2012

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 … Read more

Congress’ Latest Attack on the Environment Ensnares Elvis

 |  Jun 24, 2012

  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 … Read more

Senator Inhofe Puts Polluters Ahead of Oklahoma Lakes

 |  Jun 13, 2012

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 … Read more

Hundreds Pack EPA Hearing Calling for Climate Action

 |  May 24, 2012

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 … Read more

Keystone XL Backers Could Derail 1 Million Jobs

 |  May 16, 2012

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 … Read more

New Keystone XL Route – Same Risks, Same Threats

 |  Apr 19, 2012

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 … Read more