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West Virginia House Judiciary Committee Approves Pipeline Safety Fine Hike

AP | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Read More: Energy, Oil Pipeline Safety, Video, Earl Ray Tomblin Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Safety Fines, Pipeline Safety Fine Hike, Earl Ray Tomblin, Ap, West Virginia Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Safety, West Virginia Pipeline Safety Hike, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's quest for steeper pipeline safety fines would have a limited impact in West Virginia. ...

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The World's Hidden Laws, Free at Last

David_Halperin | Posted 03.27.2013 | Technology
Read More: Law, Carl Malamud, Incorporation by Reference, Internet Freedom, Aaron Swartz, Pipeline Safety, Technical Standards, Technology News
David_Halperin

Government cannot tell people that they must obey laws that are only available in exchange for money. And government must not punish people for speaking the law to their fellow citizens.

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Pipeline Leak-Detection Systems Miss 19 Out of 20 spills

Anthony Swift | Posted 11.27.2012 | Green
Read More: Tar Sands, Northern Gateway, Oil Sands, Transcanada, Pipeline Spills, Enbridge, Leak Detection, Kalamazoo, Pipeline Safety, Keystonexl, Green News
Anthony Swift

What does that mean for tar sands pipelines like Keystone XL and Northern Gateway?

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Climate Change and Extreme Weather Weren't the Only Reason to Oppose Keystone XL and Tar Sands Expansion This Summer

Anthony Swift | Posted 11.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Northern Gateway, Tarsands, Climate, Transcanada, Kalamazoo, Oilsands, Keystone XL, Enbridge, Pipeline Safety, Green News
Anthony Swift

The fact that tar sands pipelines are not in our national interest becomes clearer by the day.

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Government Investigation Provides Damning Picture of the Kalamazoo Tar Sands Spill

Anthony Swift | Posted 09.10.2012 | Green
Read More: Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Ntsb, Phmsa, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Enbridge, Kalamazoo, Pipeline Safety, Green News
Anthony Swift

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) heard the major findings of its two-year investigation of the Enbridge tar sands pipeline spill, which released more than a million gallons of corrosive tar sands into the Kalamazoo River watershed in July 2010.

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Government Deals Blow To Energy Companies In Wake Of San Bruno Disaster

AP | By GARANCE BURKE | Posted 07.08.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Pipeline Safety Records, San Bruno Pipeline Explosion, Pipeline Safety Companies, Pacific Gas and Electric, Federal Government Pg&e, San Bruno Disaster, San Bruno Explosion, Government Pipeline Safety, PG&E, San Bruno Fire, Pg&e Records, Energy Company Safety, Pipeline Safety, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Energy companies will need to keep up-to-date records to prove they are running the nation's aging pipelines at safe pressures under ...

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Despite Safety Concerns, Industry Wants Faster FDA Approval

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 02.15.2012 | Business
Read More: Thewatchdog, Fda Medical Devices, Regulatory Blog, Medical Device, Watchdog Blog, Medical Device Approval, CFTC Dodd-Frank, Medical Device Lobbying, Goldman Sachs Volcker Rule, Pipeline Safety, Business News

Is it more important to speed up the approval of medical devices for patients in pain or to make sure that they're safe? That question is being deb...

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Congress Has Its Own 'Oops' Moment

Politico | DARREN GOODE | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics
Read More: Oil Pipeline Safety, Congress, Congress Pipeline Safety Bill, Oil Pipeline, Congress Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Safety Bill, Pipeline, Pipeline Safety, Politics News

It was a celebrated, bipartisan achievement: Congress sent the president a bill to address pipeline safety issues -- a sign that lawmakers could get b...

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Two Bills Aim To Fix 'Poor And Uncoordinated Response' To Pipeline Disaster

AP | Posted 11.02.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Jerry Brown California Pipeline Safety, California Pipeline Explosion, Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion, San Bruno Explosion, Pacific Gas and Electric, Gas Pipeline Safety, San Bruno Blast, Pipeline Safety, Pacific Gas and Electric Explosion, Pg&e Explosion, California Pipeline Safety Act, San Bruno Fire, California Pipeline Safety, California Pipeline Regulation, California Pipeline Safety Bills, Natural Gas Pipeline, San Francisco News

By SHEILA V. KUMAR, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Two bills written in response to a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion that tore ...

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Pipeline Problems: The Mess Remains One Year After Kalamazoo River Oil Spill

Henry Henderson | Posted 09.26.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Tar Sands, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rep. Fred Upton, Oil Spill, OnEarth Magazine, Keystone XL Pipeline, Nrdc, Epa, Great Lakes, Kalamazoo River, Diluted Bitumen, Enbridge Energy, Pipeline, Pipeline Safety, Chicago Environment, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

A year later, the cleanup continues, and it is clear that we were asking the right questions. The oil spill packed a bigger wallop than anyone expected at the time because of the unique properties of tar sands oil.

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Feds Halt Private Funds To Study Pipeline Safety

AP | Posted 08.21.2011 | Green
Read More: Pipeline Safety Study, Ray Lahood Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Safety Study Funds, Ray Lahood, Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Safety Funds, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently moved to prevent industry groups from funding federal safety studies of onshore pipeline...

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Aging Gas Pipe At Risk Of Explosion Nationwide

AP | GARANCE BURKE and JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Pipeline Explosion, San Bruno, Pipeline Fire, San Bruno Pipeline, San Bruno Explosion, San Bruno Fire, Twa, Pge, Pipeline Safety, Video, Los Angeles News

SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communitie...

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