It didn’t get much attention in the American news media, but there was an important anniversary this week. It’s been two years now since the explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, where a series of negligent acts led to a runway crude-oil train that hit the center of town on a busy Friday night, killing an astonishing 47 people, many of them inside a packed discotheque. Not surprisingly...
Environmental Must-Reads – March 24, 2014
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – December 16, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
As pipeline spills get worse, regulators are in bed with Big Oil
The website Midwest Energy News asks a very good question: When a ruptured pipeline spilled 20,000 barrels of oil into a North Dakota wheat field last month, a state health official said it was “the best place it could’ve occurred” — far from population centers and water supplies. But what if a similar spill occurs in the worst place? For better or worse, the year 2013 will be remembered as the...
Environmental Must-Reads – August 21, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – August 15, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – August 8, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – August 7, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – August 2, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – July 30, 2013
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.