Pipeline Firms Are Abandoning Oil & Gas Lines, Leaving Landowners to Deal With the Mess
There are few rules governing abandoned pipelines, which can collapse, explode or leak dangerous chemicals. By Kate Wheeling Some years … [continued]
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Biden Climate Plan Focuses On Social Cost Of Pollution, Torpedoes Keystone XL Pipeline
On Day One, President Biden signed executive orders mandating the government determine the social cost of several pollutants include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. He has also canceled the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Humans & Endangered Species: 1, Keystone XL: 0
Endangered species scored a win against the Keystone XL pipeline on April 15th when a federal judged tossed out a permit that the pipeline would need in order to cross hundreds of waterways — rivers and streams.
Keystone XL Permits Fail To Pass Muster In Federal Court
A federal judge in Montana has ruled that permits for the Keystone XL pipeline are invalid because the failed to take into account the impact on endangered species.
Awakening Global Consciousness With Cleantech Activism
CleanTech activism was everywhere in a week of revelations about energy and decision we’re making around the world to fight anthropogenic climate change.
Keystone XL Pipeline May Never Be Completed Due To A Lack Of Customers
There are lots of good reasons to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, but in the end, it may never get built because there are a lack of customers rather than because of protests and lawsuits.
Approving The Keystone XL Pipeline Is About North America’s Energy Future
Alberta’s oil industry won a symbolic victory. President Trump calls his approval of the Keystone XL pipeline “a great day for jobs and energy independence” in the United States. Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) admits the industry is not using its current pipeline capacity and adding more pipelines is “not consistent with the Paris Accord’s commitment to keep (global) warming to two degrees Celsius, or its aspirational goal of limiting it to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”
TransCanada Sues United States For $15 Billion For Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
Originally published on Planetsave. The foreign oil firm TransCanada has filed a lawsuit against the US government under NAFTA rules, … [continued]
Republican Presidential Frontrunners Extremely Anti-Environment/Health (Unprecedented)
The top contenders for the Republican presidential nomination have repeatedly indicated extreme anti-environmental policy preferences, demonstrating to an unprecedented degree lack … [continued]
Keystone XL Pipeline Died In 1968, But Thank You Anyways, Daryl Hannah!
President Obama dropped plenty of hints about the demise of the Keystone XL oil pipeline going back to 2013, when he appointed John Kerry to the State Dept.
