Tag: Pipelines
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New Report Reveals Koch Brothers Could Make $100B Profit if Keystone XL Pipeline is Built
The progressive think tank International Forum on Globalization (IFG) released a report today investigating how Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the Keystone XL pipeline is built. The report, Billionaires’ Carbon Bomb: The Koch Keystone XL Pipeline, finds that the Kochs hold up to 2…
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First-Ever Footage of Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes
National Wildlife Federation By Beth Wallace This past July, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) conducted a diving expedition to obtain footage of aging oil pipelines strung across one of the most sensitive locations in the Great Lakes, and possibly the world: the Straits of Mackinac. Footage of these pipelines has never been released to the public until now. [caption…
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Pipeline Spews 20,600 Barrels of Fracked Oil Amidst Government Shutdown
More than 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in …
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Keystone XL State Department Review Compromised From Day One
But just how “transparent and rigorous” and “merit-based” has the review really been? The truth is that from day one, the State Department’s review of the pipeline has been polluted by conflicts of interest, insider lobbying and the heavy hand of Big Oil …
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5 Great Lakes Species Facing a New Threat From Big Oil
With a recent increase in oil surging through aging pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac—the narrow waterway connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron—the chance of a devastating spill in the Great Lakes has greatly increased …