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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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Legal Battles Over Wisconsin Pipeline Shines Light on Enbridge Woes
The Bad River Tribal Council voted in January to evict Enbridge’s Line 5 from tribal lands, arguing that the pipeline’s age poses a significant threat to tribal lands and water supplies.
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Oregon Delivers Defeat to Coal Industry Denying Key Permit for Export Terminal
The Morrow Pacific coal terminal would have not only encouraged CO2-emitting coal to be burned elsewhere, but would pollute local waterways and increase rail and truck traffic in once restful regions.
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As Pipeline Protests Surge, California Weighs Risks of Importing Tar Sands and Fracked Gas
Four proposed oil-refinery projects in Northern California will likely increase the use of dirty tar sands crude from Canada and volatile oil fracked in North Dakota.
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TransCanada Pipeline Explosion Shuts Off Gas For 4,000 Residents In Sub-Zero Temperatures
As TransCanada has been pushing for the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Bay Area Protests Underway to Stop WesPac-Pittsburg Oil Mega-Terminal
Demonstrators at Pittsburg, Calif., City Hall said that plans to store highly volatile crude oil imported from the Bakken fields of North Dakota – and even the Alberta tar sands – were unacceptable.
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Exposed: Shale Oil in North Dakota Train Explosion Had High Levels of Volatile Chemicals
Oil obtained via fracking in the Bakken Shale may be more chemically explosive than the agency or industry previously admitted publicly.
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Exposed: Cost of Enbridge Oil Spill in Kalamazoo Tops $1 Billion
The Canadian company responsible for the mega-tar sands oil spill in 2010 violated laws involving pipeline management, procedural manuals for operations and maintenance, public awareness and accident reporting, among others.
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Beyond Keystone XL: Three Controversial Pipelines You Probably Haven't Heard Of
Communities across the U.S. and Canada are grappling with the oil and gas industry's rapidly expanding pipeline network cutting through their backyards, threatening water supplies and leaving them vulnerable to devastating spills.
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History of Oil Spills Plagues Future of Keystone XL Pipeline
Poor construction practices and a willful ignorance of engineering codes and regulations make oil pipeline leaks more likely.
