by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
EDDY COUNTY, New Mexico – A pipeline explosion south of Carlsbad prompted evacuations early Wednesday morning. (Photo: Makayla Viehweg) People are back home, but talk about a wild morning. Makayla Viehweg lives about a mile away from where the explosion...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
NACHUSA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in northern Illinois say a father and son were killed in a natural gas pipeline explosion while working on a farm field. Officials on Wednesday said 59-year-old father Rory Miller of Amboy and 30-year-old son Ryan Miller of Oregon died...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 27, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
(Reuters) – TransCanada Corp’s (TRP.TO) existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010, according...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2017 | Accidents, Environmental Justice, Pipelines
A ruptured gas line caused a massive explosion and fire in an area of Orion Township near the Great Lakes Crossing Outlets mall on Monday night. A ruptured gas line caused an explosion and massive fire that left an 18-foot-deep crater in an area of Orion Township near...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Roughly 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000 gallons, spilled from the Keystone pipeline on Thursday in South Dakota, sending cleanup crews and emergency workers to the remote northeast portion of the state. The spill, near Amherst, S.D., comes just days before...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
HELENA, Ala. – For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases. The disruption occurred when a track hoe — a machine used to remove...
