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Enviros: Ind. permit for Enbridge no 'grand slam'
2013-05-31 15:16:45| Energy - Topix.net
GRIFFITH, Indiana - Environmental groups that sought tough conditions on Enbridge Energy's plans to replace 60 miles of crude oil pipeline near Lake Michigan say the company's state permit includes significant protections for the environment but "is by no means a grand slam." The Times of Munster reports that the Indiana Department of Environmental ... (more)
Enviros: Ind. permit for Enbridge no 'grand slam'
2013-05-31 10:54:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
GRIFFITH, Indiana - Environmental groups that sought tough conditions on Enbridge Energy's plans to replace 60 miles of crude oil pipeline near Lake Michigan say the company's state permit includes significant protections for the environment but "is by no means a grand slam." The Times of Munster reports that the Indiana Department of Environmental ... (more)
Judge asks enviros for ideas to punish gas company
2013-05-07 21:15:33| Energy - Topix.net
Apparently frustrated by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down an $18 million penalty for a Texas natural gas firm, a federal judge is taking the unusual step of asking the environmental community for suggestions on how to sentence the company in a way that will have "the broadest possible impact." U.S. District Judge William Smith in ... (more)
New Obama admin. report on Keystone XL pipeline has enviros worried
2013-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: On Friday afternoon, the State Department released a draft of its much-anticipated new analysis of the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Although the report makes no firm statement one way or the other about whether the controversial pipeline from Canada to Texas should be approved, some of its conclusions have enviros worried that a greenlight is inevitable. The administration has spent more than two years considering whether to approve the 1,600-mile pipeline that would...
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RFK Jr. arrested: Celebs, enviros arrested at Keystone pipeline protest
2013-02-15 03:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Celebrities and environmental activists, including lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and civil rights leader Julian Bond, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune also was arrested -- the first time in the group's 120-year history that a club leader was arrested in an act of civil disobedience. The club's board of directors approved the action as a sign of its opposition to...
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