Biden Administration Working to Boost Cybersecurity of Pipeline Companies May 26, 2021 By Doina Chiacu and Timothy Gardner The Biden administration is working with pipeline companies to strengthen protections against cyberattacks following the Colonial Pipeline hack, with announcements...
Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests August 20, 2019 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents...
Enbridge Says Gap Beneath Great Lakes Pipeline not a Risk; Officials not so Sure August 9, 2019 By John Flesher Erosion has created a gap beneath an oil pipeline in a key Great Lakes channel that’s wider than allowed under...
Aging Oil Pipelines Operated by Canada’s Enbridge Raise Fears over Great Lakes Spills June 10, 2019 By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams Fears about oil spills into the Great Lakes from two aging U.S. pipelines have flared, raising doubts about their future...
Judge Orders Creation of Spill Response Plan for Dakota Access Pipeline December 6, 2017 By Valerie Volcovici A federal has judge ordered Energy Transfer Partners LP to coordinate with local tribes and the Army Corps of Engineers...
Michigan, Enbridge Reach Deal to Boost Pipeline Safety November 29, 2017 By John Flesher Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian oil transport company Enbridge Inc. announced a timeline for determining the future of twin...
National Transportation Safety Board Joins Inquiry into Colorado Gas Explosion May 12, 2017 The National Transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation into a fatal Colorado house explosion blamed on unrefined natural gas...
California’s PG&E Found Guilty of Obstructing Investigators August 11, 2016 By Sudhin Thanawala A federal jury found California’s largest utility guilty of violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion...
Proceedings Sought For New Mexico Gas Explosion March 29, 2013 New Mexico pipeline safety regulators say New Mexico Gas Co. violated state laws and federal regulations during work that occurred...
President Obama Signs Pipeline Safety, Airport Security Bills January 5, 2012 President Barack Obama has signed legislation to toughen oil and gas pipeline regulations and another to ease airport security procedures...