Tag: oil spills

After we reported oil companies are making millions from illegal spills, California’s governor defended his administration’s record on oil regulation.

“I am disgusted with how state officials and city council members view these threats and deem it acceptable to potentially harm human health.”

This time around, partisan politics have become part of the process.

“This is what we have said all along: Oil pipelines leak and spill.”

This is another example of how unsafe pipeline are, and that spills are not a question of “if” but “when.”

A new study finds that Standing Rock protesters’ concerns about the DAPL pipeline are well founded.

“Environmentalists worry that an increase in oil trains could lead to a rise in oil train derailments, but witnesses that testified before the EFSEC on behalf of Vancouver Energy say oil spills might not actually be that bad for the environment.”