“This will be the first project in Canadian history to have First Nations, environmentalists and, for a lack of a better term, rednecks standing together in protest,” that sentence from Katherina Ouwehand summed up the first day of public comment testimony Monday, June 25, 2012, as the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel returned to […]
Tag: Kalamazoo
The United States National Transportation Safety Board today released more than 5,000 pages relating to its investigation of the 2010 of the Marshall, Michigan, Enbridge pipeline rupture and oil spill. The NTSB release says it is adding the documents to the “public docket” on the case. About 11:17 a.m. EDT on July 26, 2010, Enbridge […]
Enbridge announced Thursday, May 10, 2012, it plans to spend $1.6 billion to upgrade and replace its pipeline through Michigan and Indiana, including the site of the leak in to the Kalamazoo River in July 2010. What Enbridge calls the “6B pipeline” broke open near Marshall, Michigan and spilled more than 840,000 gallons of bitumen […]
The official United States National Transportation Safety Board report on the Enbridge pipeline breach and oil spill at Kalamazoo, Michigan has been delayed to the fall, according to local media reports. The Kalamazoo Gazette and WDIV TV say the report will be six months late. The Associated Press, quoting the Gazette says: The National Transportation […]
Michigan Pipeline Michigan OKs plan to replace 15 miles of Enbridge gas pipeline Lansing Journal Michigan has approved a plan by Enbridge Inc. to replace some sections of a pipeline that leaked more than 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall in 2010. The Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved plans […]
Cleanup worker files whistle blower lawsuit over Kalamazoo oil spill
December 7, 2011
Energy Environment Law The Kalamazoo Gazette reports in Judge to hear whistle-blower lawsuit of Kalamazoo River oil spill worker A Calhoun County judge next week will hear a whistle-blower lawsuit from a former Kalamazoo River oil spill cleanup worker who said he was fired after telling the media and state and federal agencies that crews […]
Enbridge, EPA dispute amount of “oil” spilled at Kalamazoo
November 16, 2011
Energy Environment AP reports that Enbridge and the US Environmental Protection Agency are haggling over how much “oil” was spilled into the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge is sticking with its estimate that 849,000 gallons were spilled when the pipeline was breached. The EPA says 1.1 million gallons have been recovered and there may be more to […]
Kalamazoo River cleanup suspended as cold weather hits Michigan
November 14, 2011
Energy Environment The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Submerged oil cleanup finished in Kalamazoo River for the year The newspaper quotes Jason Manshum, spokesman for Enbridge Energy Partners, as saying that the majority of submerged oil has been collected and crews are shifting to start winter cleanup. During the winter, the crews “will continue to address oil […]
PostMedia News Energy regulator defends withholding information about pipeline leaks Canada’s federal energy regulator is defending its decision to keep Canadians in the dark about safety concerns with two major oil and gas pipelines. The concerns prompted the regulator to order pressure reductions on both lines last October, which are still in effect today. The […]
Vancouver Sun No real need for pipeline between oilsands and West Coast: bureaucrat A multi-billion dollar pipeline project that would link the oilsands region to the coast of British Columbia offers new export capacity that the Canadian industry does not really need, senior bureaucrats have told the federal government… The details of the federal assessment […]