Oil export ban – talking points, need to contact senators

From an email sent by Matt Krogh, ForestEthics By Matt Krogh, December 4, 2015 Please consider immediately calling your Senator … and other senators listed below who are critical to the export ban issue. I’ve combined details from various sources below (Sierra Club, NRDC, others), but in short, there may be a deal to overturn … Continue reading Oil export ban – talking points, need to contact senators

Big oil and railroads could learn from Walmart?!

Repost from LinkedIn – PULSE [Editor:  Well, admittedly, the thought of big oil and the railroads taking sustainability seriously is pretty fanciful.  But then… Walmart??!  – RS] How Walmart Became a Sustainability Leader By Joel Makower of GreenBiz Group, Nov 18, 2015 On Oct. 23, 2005, Lee Scott, at the time CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., … Continue reading Big oil and railroads could learn from Walmart?!

New investigative report on neglect of rail bridges

Repost from Forest Ethics New Investigative Report Documents Threat from Oil Trains on Nation’s Neglected Rail Infrastructure With a 5,000% increase in oil train traffic, Waterkeepers across the U.S. identify significant areas of concern with 114 railway bridges along known and potential routes of explosive oil trains Tina Posterli, and Eddie Scher, Tuesday Nov 10, … Continue reading New investigative report on neglect of rail bridges

12 things to know about proposed Bakken oil pipeline – “Dakota Access”

Repost from the Des Moines Register [Editor:  See also Act-now-stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline/.  – RS] 12 things to know about proposed Bakken oil pipeline By William Petroski, November 9, 2015 8:14 p.m. CST Months of debate over a proposed $3.8 billion crude oil pipeline will come to a head Thursday when the Iowa Utilities Board begins hearings on the … Continue reading 12 things to know about proposed Bakken oil pipeline – “Dakota Access”