Extensive damage to Michigan waterways shows the risk of transporting tar sands oil Up to a million gallons of oil spilled from a ruptured pipeline into the waterways of southwestern Michigan last week in what the federal government is calling the most destructive oil spill in Midwestern history. Owned by Enbridge, the pipeline was likely carrying controversial tar sands oil, industry analysts and environmental groups tell … Read ahead
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The region famous for jilting the street car to take up a love affair with the automobile is trying to rekindle its long ago romance with commuter rail. If successful, the novel plan to borrow billions from the federal government, led by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, would result in the largest transit expansion project in the nation. … Read ahead
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The federal government is spending billions for massive renewable-energy projects in a bid to create “green jobs.” But you, average tax payer, can also get a slice of that pie. … Read ahead
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(CNN) — The federal government’s oil spill response director says testing has revealed that there is a “detected seep a distance from the well” & has ordered BP to quickly notify the government if other leaks are found. “When seeps are detected, you … Read ahead
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Above Top Secret is reporting that their investigative piece into the killing of Mustangs on public lands to allow BP to receive drilling leases and oil pipeline permits on public lands is being picked up by CNN. The ATS report investigates the relationship of corruption between BP and the Federal Government, which includes … Read ahead
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BP said in a letter to the federal government’s spill recovery coordinator Friday that it would commence work on a new containment cap because there was a good weather window even though it means more oil will flow into the Gulf temporarily. The letter came in response to Ret. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen’s demands that BP outline its plans. BP projected it could finish the new-cap operation in five days if it doesn’t encounter any unexpected hurdles. Its contingency plan puts the finish time as nine days from commencement of the work. If all goes well, the new system could stop the flow of oil into the Gulf, which has despoiled the fragile coast, rendering some fishing area off limits and soaking untold numbers of sealife in toxic crude. However, removal of the cap in place now before another collection vessel is brought into full operation would mean significantly more oil would gush into the Gulf as work on the new containment system progresses. … Read ahead
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Experts say the massive Gulf spill has exposed a failure by the industry and the federal government to commit adequate resources to oil cleanup and response technology. … Read ahead
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BP PLC’s 582-page regional spill plan for the Gulf, and its 52-page, site-specific plan for the Deepwater Horizon rig are riddled with omissions and glaring errors, according to an Associated Press analysis that details how BP officials have pretty much been making it up as they go along. The lengthy plans approved by the federal government last year before BP drilled its ill-fated well vastly understate the dangers posed by an uncontrolled leak and vastly overstate the company’s preparedness to deal with one. … Read ahead
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A containment cap was capturing more and more of the crude pouring from a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but that bit of hope was tempered Sunday by a sharp dose of pragmatism as the federal government’s point man warned the crisis could stretch into the fall. … Read ahead
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GALLIANO, La. (CN) – Almost 70 miles of Louisiana coast are soaked with oil. That’s more land than the seashores of Maryland and Delaware combined, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday after Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano were flown over the devastated coast. Napolitano said the federal government would “disperse it, boom it, burn it,” to keep more oil from coming ashore. But St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro had a different idea. “I would be betting the plan is to let us die,” Taffaro said…. Read ahead
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