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Current guidelines say emergency response must be 'prompt and effective.' New report says that's not good enough.
2/5/13: This story has been updated to include information from PHMSA received after publication....
Feb 5, 2013
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After news broke that human error caused the Enbridge oil spill and fears spread over Keystone XL, pipeline safety moved into the mainstream.
Revelations that preventable safety lapses were behind Enbridge's disastrous oil spill in Michigan...
Dec 26, 2012
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Firms have a trove of internal data on oil spills that could inform the federal study on dilbit pipeline safety, but they aren't obligated to turn it over.
A 12-member National Academies of Science study committee will reconvene in Washington this week...
Oct 22, 2012
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Line 14 deemed currently 'hazardous to life, property and the environment.' Entire 1900-mile Lakehead system under scrutiny.
Federal regulators have toughened the requirements that Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge must...
Aug 2, 2012
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Enbridge won’t be allowed to reopen the line until it meets demands of federal regulators. Transportation secretary calls accident 'totally unacceptable.'
When Kristin Wettstein spotted a geyser of oil spewing from the ground in a pasture across from her...
Aug 1, 2012
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Weak federal regulations and oversight allowed the company to avoid repairing a known defect that led to the million-gallon pipeline rupture.
WASHINGTON—The most expensive oil pipeline spill in U.S. history could have been prevented if the...
Jul 10, 2012
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TransCanada says it has most of the state permits it needs, but no one knows which federal agency will oversee the project's final environmental review.
TransCanada's decision last week to build the southern half of the rejected Keystone XL has raised...
Mar 6, 2012
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TransCanada getting 10-year tax holiday in Kansas but could pay $63 million a year into Montana’s coffers.
If the Keystone XL oil pipeline were approved today, residents in the six states along its route...
Jan 5, 2012
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In D.C., pipeline safety organization schools Congress on seven measures still needed to minimize potential hazards
Editor's Note: In late September, SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to...
Oct 7, 2010
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Fourth in a series exploring the plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas
Editor's Note: In late September, SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Nebraska...
Oct 6, 2010
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