Tag: Pipelines

Billionaire Tom Steyer Launches Campaign to Rally Obama Supporters Against Keystone XL Pipeline

To demonstrate the dangers of the Keystone pipeline to American communities along its proposed route, Steyer commissioned the first-ever chemical analysis of tar sands oil collected from the March 2013 spill in Mayflower, AR. An independent laboratory …

June 21, 2013
Keystone XL Export Pipeline: Bad for Americans, Bad for the Economy

The core talking points for the supporters of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline center around U.S. domestic energy security and economic growth. However …

June 20, 2013
Dozens Storm PHMSA Event Demanding an End to Tar Sands Pipelines

Many from across the Keystone XL pipeline route attended the workshop and aired their grievances directly to regulators, asking pertinent questions during …

June 19, 2013
Pipeline Failures Plague Oil Companies, Erode Public Trust

Pipeline safety is growing more difficult to prove, as oil companies struggle with failing infrastructure and persistent pollution issues from spills that should have been cleaned up long ago. News of pipeline failures are …

June 19, 2013
Nobel Laureates to President Obama: Reject Keystone XL and Be On the Right Side of History

Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A letter from 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners addressed to both the President and Secretary of State Kerry announced …

June 18, 2013