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- Biden expected to cancel Keystone XL project on first day in office Wed, 20 Jan 21, 5:30amSources close to the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden indicate that he plans to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project on his first day in office. Such reports have been causing unrest in Canada, with some leaders...
- North Carolina denies permit for extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline Fri, 14 Aug 20, 3:30amNorth Carolina has made a step toward clean energy by denying the permit needed for further construction on a pipeline. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) has denied a key permit to the Mountain...
- Appalachian Trail spared from Atlantic Coast Pipeline Wed, 8 Jul 20, 2:30amDuke Energy Corp. and Dominion Energy Inc. have canceled the controversial 600-mile-long Atlantic Coast Pipeline that the companies planned to build under the Appalachian Trail. The energy giants called off the...
- Drones are the new cost-effective way to monitor the environment Fri, 22 Mar 19, 5:30amConservationists, researchers and volunteers have spent countless hours on the ground keeping tabs on water quality in rivers across the country. Their work has been instrumental over the years, and new technology in the...
- Pipeline explosion in Mexico kills 91 and counting Thu, 24 Jan 19, 9:30amLast week, a gasoline pipeline exploded in central Mexico, killing 91 people, with numbers expected to surpass 100. Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, did not respond properly to the initial leak, which resulted in...
- Federal judge blocks the Keystone XL Pipeline Tue, 13 Nov 18, 10:00amIn a major setback for President Trump and his administration, a U.S. district judge has issued an order to block construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline while the State Department studies its impact on the environment....
- Pipeline leaks 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into Indiana river Tue, 11 Sep 18, 7:30amAn oil company based out of Texas has confessed to a faulty pipeline leaking 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into an Indiana river. Buckeye Pipe Line, based out of Houston, admitted that it detected a pressure loss in its fuel...
- TransCanada natural gas pipeline explodes in West Virginia Sat, 9 Jun 18, 4:00amAn explosion rocked a TransCanada pipeline in Moundsville, West Virginia and the surrounding community yesterday. Locals said it felt like a tornado and sounded like a freight train, and they could see flames from around...
- Canada set to purchase Kinder Morgan pipeline for $4.5 billion Thu, 31 May 18, 4:00amThe Canadian government is planning to buy the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from major energy corporation Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion in an effort to secure its construction. The controversial project, which would triple...
- States across the country are trying to make it illegal to plan a pipeline protest Tue, 17 Apr 18, 12:59amA new wave of bills being introduced in states such as Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota aim to criminalize the process of planning a protest against the construction of an oil or gas pipeline...
- Nuns build open-air chapel to protest natural gas pipeline on their land Tue, 11 Jul 17, 12:19amBattles against fossil fuel pipelines aren't limited to North Dakota. In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a group of Catholic nuns is fighting against a natural gas pipeline that would run beneath land they own. They're protesting...
- Trump approves new pipeline that will go right under the US-Mexico wall Sat, 1 Jul 17, 3:40amAs if President Trump’s promise to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border wasn’t controversial enough, he recently approved the construction of a new pipeline destined to go “right under” the dividing landmark...
- Alaska gas leak endangering beluga whales won't be fixed until the ice melts Mon, 6 Mar 17, 11:48pmA leaking natural gas pipeline in Cook Inlet, Alaska won’t be fixed until the ice melts – continuing to flow unchecked into a habitat for endangered beluga whales...
- Dakota Access Pipeline 99 percent finished, says Energy Transfer Partners Sat, 25 Feb 17, 2:31amAfter months of protests by Native Americans and supporters worldwide, the Trump administration ignored the pleas of so many American citizens and gave permission for the hotly contested Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward...
- Obama vetoes Keystone XL bill, but the fight continues Wed, 25 Feb 15, 9:39amIn spite of being passed by both the Senate and the House, President Obama has maintained his promise to veto a controversial bill that sought to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline...