Pipeline Safety Trust Info

Pipeline Safety Beyond Keystone
Expanding the Public Spotlight

SAVE THE DATE! The 2013 Pipeline Safety Trust Conference will be held in New Orleans, LA on November 21-22. Please plan to join us there! Click here for the Early Bird Registration Form (pdf, 152k).


The Pipeline Safety Trust sent this letter to Congress on opposing HR 3, which would require approval of the Keystone XL while stripping federal agencies of most environmental permitting authority.


The Trust’s Winter, 2013 Newletter is now available online!

Winter 2013 (pdf, 1.8MB)


The Pipeline Safety Trust’s testimony at the January 28, 2013 U.S. Senate field hearing on pipeline safety can be found here


Thanks to all those who attended our 2012 conference!

Low resolution videos of many presentations, and the PDFs of all the presentations, are now posted on the conference website. A higher resolution archive of the webcast will be available soon.


A new report from the Trust has been published:

Pipeline Safety in the Salt Lake Valley

Download it here (pdf, 5.4MB).


Want to know if you live near a pipeline?

Check out the National Pipeline Mapping System here
Need help using the Mapping System?
The Trust has a walkthrough right here.
You can also view the new video walk through from PHMSA here.


Planning Near Pipelines

We have a whole section of our website devoted to Planning Near Pipelines that includes the report of the Pipelines & Informed Planning Alliance.


Congress passes reauthorization bill for pipeline safety program:
Here is the text of H.Con.Res 93, (pdf, 172k)

 

 

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Breaking News

Pacific Gas & Electric failed to invest in pipeline safety, audit says
By AP Wire Service

Federal government not shutting the door on Northern Gateway pipeline, despite B.C.’s view
By Jason Fekete, Postmedia News May 31, 2013

Lawsuit over Town of Jackson pipeline spill hits court Tuesday
Court action against West Shore Pipe Line represents more than 200 families
By Don Behm of the Journal Sentinel

Canadian company Enbridge Inc. is expanding its network of pipelines to carry thousands of additional barrels of oil to and through the United States each day. Credit: Paul Horn.Map: Another Major Tar Sands Pipeline Seeking U.S. Permit
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News


Pipeline crackdown

Utah: Be environmentally aggressive
The Salt Lake Tribune

(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers on the beach at Willard Bay State Park work on the cleanup of a diesel fuel spill at the park. Wednesday, April 10, 2013Heat’s on to ensure safety of Utah pipelines
By Judy Fahys, The Salt Lake Tribune

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Signs Pipeline Safety Legislation
Jeff Morris, wchstv.com

Crews work on an underground pipeline leak on 56th St. east of Guion Rd., Friday, May 10, 2013. Kelly Wilkinson / The Star / Kelly Wilkinson / The StarMarathon: Fuel spill over 19,000 gallons, W. 56th St. won’t reopen before Monday
Eric Weddle, IndyStar.com

PG&E Fails to Produce Critical Safety Records
By Liz Wagner, Tony Kovaleski and Felipe Escamilla, NBC Bay Area

The Case of the Disappearing Dilbit: How Much Oil Was Released in 2010 Pipeline Spill?
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

One Month After Exxon’s Arkansas Oil Spill, Still No Answers to Basic Questions
By Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News

EPA releases harsh review of Keystone XL environmental report
By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times

AOL On – Aerial Footage Shows Exxon’s Pipeline Spill
on.aol.com

arkansas-spill_videograbIncredible video shows extent of oil leak which forced families to flee from their homes after Exxon pipeline burst and spewed thousands of gallons of crude oil
Daily Mail, Reuters Reporter

Enbridge resisting final cleanup of its Michigan Oil Spill: Inside Climate News

Feds say delay worsened Yellowstone River oil spill: AP

PGE Identifies 239 Pipelines at risk of failure
San Francisco Chronicle

Multi-part story on Enbridge 2010 dilbit spill in Marshall, Michigan:

The Biggest Oil Spill You’ve
Never Heard Of
:

Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Epilogue; Time Line; Dilbit Primer
Inside Climate News


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