Here is some news you can reference when you’re making a public comment on the Keystone XL pipeline. The Canadian National Energy Board just finished a review of TransCanada’s compliance with safety regulations. Guess what? The company is “out of compliance with federal rules in several key safety areas” While they are “for the most […]
Duke Energy’s accidental release of thousands of pounds of coal ash into North Carolina’s Dan River is doing damage far more profound than anyone imagined. This is the time of winter hibernation for turtles, who nest in the river bed. Waking up to find their homes filled with choking poison, they are crawling onto the […]
Just like you should mistrust any company with the word “Freedom” or “Patriot” in its name, don’t assume that a company named “U.S. Oil Sands” is based in the USA. To be fair to truth-in-advertising advocates, of course, the second part of the name is accurate. This Canadian firm just got a permit to pull […]
Get ready to submit a comment about the Keystone XL. Here are four bullet point versions of the same idea: the people who are proposing the pipeline are totally (TOTALLY!) untrustworthy. Pick one, add a few lines of your own, and off you go. • The oil industry has a long and ugly record of […]