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United States: Judge Postpones Hearing to Halt Enbridge Pipeline Project
Posted by Inside Climate News: David Hasemyer on October 23rd, 2012
Inside Climate News: A federal judge in Michigan has postponed a hearing to decide whether a Canadian company should be blocked from further work on a project to replace an aging oil pipeline until the company complies with state and local regulations. The continuance came yesterday after a brief hearing before U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland in which the judge asked for clarification about whether the group seeking the injunction against Enbridge Inc. could legally ask for an order to halt to the billion-dollar...
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Great Lakes at Risk of Major Oil Spill, Report Warns
Posted by Inside Climate News: David Hasemyer on October 18th, 2012
Inside Climate News: Two aging oil and natural gas pipelines running under the sparkling waters of the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan are time bombs that could devastate the upper Great Lakes if they rupture, according to a report issued today by the National Wildlife Federation [3]. The pipelines are owned by Enbridge Inc. [4] and carry an estimated 20 million gallons of oil and natural gas every day under the pristine water from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario. The company announced in May [5] that...
EPA Worried That Dilbit Still a Threat to Kalamazoo River, More Than 2 Years After Spill
Posted by Inside Climate News: David Hasemyer on October 11th, 2012
Inside Climate News: The hidden, long-term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River became public last week when the EPA revealed that large amounts of oil are still accumulating in three areas of the river.
The problem is so serious that the EPA [3] is asking Enbridge Inc. [4], the Canadian pipeline operator, to dredge approximately 100 acres of the river. During the original cleanup effort, dredging was limited to just...