Tag: oil pipeline
Environmental and tribal groups urge extra precautions to protect the Great...
"The annual and growing threat is not worth risking the Great Lakes, nor your reputation as a leader who takes the protection of our public trust resources seriously."
Two women face 110 years in prison for attempting to sabotage...
"They shouldn't be prosecuted; they should be praised. They're trying to stop the destruction of the human race."
Two pipelines shut down after 43 barrels of crude leak into...
"We were very fortunate in the fact that there's a natural containment the oil resides."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12
Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
The Rover Pipeline spills again, in the same spot where it...
The Rover pipeline alone has more “noncompliance incidents” than any other interstate gas pipeline.
With tribal blessing, Louisiana activist buys land in path of proposed...
“Not only do we now have the blessing of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation to carry on protecting the water on this land, but we also have a growing list of neighbors who are ready to assist in the fight to stop the pipeline.”
Nebraska approves Keystone XL pipeline
Nebraska law barred regulators from considering spills or pipeline safety in its decision-making process, because who cares about the environment anyways, right?
Biggest oil spill since Deepwater Horizon is twice as bad as...
The flow has been contained, but no cause for the ruptured pipe has been determined.
TransCanada may abandon Energy East tar sands pipeline
"Transcanada may abandon its #energyeast pipeline because it doesn't want to confront the climate implications."
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Sander’s monumental mistake: failing to explain exactly what a democratic socialist government is
It’s time that Sanders speaks out, explains what democratic socialism is and reminds Americans that it is a central part of this country, and that’s why he espouses that political ideology.
Yale study says Medicare for All would save US $450 billion, prevent nearly 70,000...
The study in The Lancet found that Medicare for All, supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, will save money and is more cost-effective than “Medicare for All Who Want It."
Factchecking NPR’s attempted takedown of Bernie Sanders
Their ignorance is willful, and finds its roots in a profoundly ideological position, an ideology adopted by journalists who favor and are rewarded by corporate arguments promoted by corporate Democrats.
New study shows Medicare for All will save Americans billions and prevent thousands of...
This study helps quiet several attacks made on Medicare for All from the private healthcare industry.
America’s democracy versus Trump fascism. Which will prevail?
The American people better wake soon and realize that this nation’s democracy is under direct attack by these forces of fascism.