by Nelson Bailey | Apr 8, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Alberta-based TransCanada Corp has shut down its Keystone pipeline after crews spotted oil near a pump station in South Dakota, the company said in a statement on Monday. The company, Canada’s second largest pipeline operator, said the “potential...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 5, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive and expedite two multi-billion-dollar underground pipelines that would snake oil through US states to centers of the petroleum industry. One is the contentious $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline,...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
March 31, 2017 GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A conservation group in Montana on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would travel through the state and across two of its major rivers. The Trump administration approved the pipeline last...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 3, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Prolonged protests in North Dakota have failed to stop the flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline, at least for now, but they have provided inspiration and a blueprint for protests against pipelines in other states. The months of...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 31, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Environmental groups allege Trump administration approval of the project broke the law. Environmental groups filed two federal lawsuits this week seeking to block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which President Donald Trump recently approved. The State...