Repost from Desmogblog Safety of Citizens in Bomb Train Blast Zones in Hands of North Dakota Politicians 2014-09-05, Justin Mikulka When North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer was asked recently if it was scientifically possible to make Bakken crude oil safer by stripping out the explosive natural gas liquids with a process like oil stabilization, his … Continue reading Safety of Citizens in Bomb Train Blast Zones in Hands of North Dakota Politicians→
Repost from DESMOGBLOG Big Rail Cites Bin Laden, Al Qaeda to Fend Off Oil-by-Rail Route Transparency 2014-08-20, by Justin Mikulka and Steve Horn While many states around the U.S. have released information to the public about the frequency and routes of trains carrying oil obtained from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale basin, … Continue reading Big Rail Cites Bin Laden, Al Qaeda to Fend Off Oil-by-Rail Route Transparency→
Repost from the Post Carbon Institute The Peak Oil Crisis: The Monterey Shale Debacle May 28, 2014 | Tom Whipple Last week the LA Times ran a story saying that the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is about to reduce “its” estimate of the amount of shale oil that can be recovered from the Monterey … Continue reading Monterey Shale estimate bungled: background & causes→
Repost from CalCoastNews.com, San Luis Obispo County Phillips 66 rail project – explosive risks far outweigh the benefits March 24, 2014 OPINION By MESA REFINERY WATCH GROUP CHAIR PERSON LINDA REYNOLDS In 1955, San Luis Obispo County approved a plan to bring crude oil to its Nipomo Mesa Santa Maria Refinery via pipeline. Over the … Continue reading Phillips 66 Santa Maria: “crude-by-rail strategy3”→
