In its recently released draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export, the State Department attempts to make the case that rail could be a...

The U.S. State Department has recently indicated that it will issue a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline “in the near future.” While TransCanada has asked for a rubber stamp process than only evaluates a minor route change in Nebraska, concerned Americans...

Federal officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have pulled the curtain behind Enbridge's effort to greenwash its tar sands pipeline spill into Michigan's Kalamazoo River. On the same day that Enbridge told its investors that its tar sands spill and cleanup had made the Kalamazoo River cleaner, EPA...

An investigation of pipeline accident reports from the last 10 years has revealed that the much-touted leak detection systems employed by pipeline companies only catch one out of 20 spills.

An InsideClimate News article by Lisa Song illustrates an alarming disconnect between industry rhetoric and...

Last week in Canada the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for tar sands oil upgrading was announced.   NRDC supports the use of CCS technology as one of many tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for existing operations.  Unfortunately, rather than...

This summer has seen growing public opposition to tar sands pipelines and expansion projects -- and for good reason. As climate change caused damaging extreme weather events across the country, environmental groups submitted comments to the State Department presenting a strong case for a broad and rigorous review...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) heard the major...

Federal pipeline safety regulators have announced that Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company responsible for spilling over a million gallons of tar...

This year, governments around the world are expected to pour nearly a trillion dollars in subsidies into one of the most profitable industries on the planet -- the fossil fuel industry. NRDC and Oil Change International recently released an...