The Many Problems With Tar Sands Pipelines
Section of pipe from Kalamazoo spill c National Transportation Safety Board.jpg Note: This post is part of an ongoing series about North American pipelines. For an introduction and links to…
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Pipelines 101: An Introduction To North American Oil & Gas Pipeline Routes and Safety Concerns
NA-Pipeline-Map-Theodora.png Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to be rolling out a whole lot of information about pipelines. Why? Because these metal tubes are truly the blood vessels…
Expert Warns That TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline Assessments Are Misleading
money-pipeline-235x300.jpg An independent analysis performed by University of Nebraska professor Dr. John Stansbury, an environmental engineer, claims that TransCanada's safety assessments for th...
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Would Feature Woefully Inadequate Spill Detection System
keystonexlmap_350.jpg According to the NRDC, the proposed $13 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would not be able to detect “pinhole leaks” in the pipeline that release fewer tha...
Tar Sands Industry Has Its Eyes On Vancouver For Asian Export Terminal
saudi-oil-supertanker.jpeg In recent months, opposition to Enbrige's Northern Gateway Pipeline has mounted as citizens, environmental groups and First Nations groups have protested the ...