We work to keep people and the environment safe from pipeline hazards
The Mayflower Oil Spill is a perfect example of integrity management programs failing to protect the people and environment. Time and time again, these systems fall short of their intent to keep product in the pipe and surrounding communities safe. 🧵(6/6)
Despite this, the operator didn’t attempt to address the concerns that existed on the pipeline. 🧵(5/6)
Years before the Mayflower disaster, Exxon-Mobil, within the bounds of its integrity management program, had conducted multiple tests which uncovered more than 10 ruptures or leaks along the Pegasus Pipeline. 🧵(4/6)
Over a decade later, this disaster serves as an unfortunate yet avoidable reminder of a major problem with current pipeline safety regulations. To this day, when pipelines fail, causing disasters, operators can walk away scot-free. 🧵(3/6)
The spill forced the evacuation of 22 homes, killed hundreds of animals, severely impacted the surrounding wetland habitat, and nearly entered Lake Conway. 🧵(2/6)
10 years ago, the Pegasus Pipeline, then operated by Exxon-Mobil, dumped over 100,000 gallons of crude oil into a suburban community in Mayflower, Arkansas. 🧵(1/6)
https://pstrust.org/remembering-the-mayflower-oil-spill-10-years-later/
“The approval of yet another project that places people and the environment at increased risk, including EJ communities, is unwarranted,” said @BillCaram . “FERC should heed the warning of GTN and TC Energy’s PHMSA enforcement records and not authorize this expansion.”
‼️NEW PRESS RELEASE ‼️
Pipeline Safety Trust Opposes Gas Transmission Northwest LLC's Proposed GTN Xpress Expansion Project.
We have sent FERC a letter asking them to deny TC Energy's application.
https://pstrust.org/pipeline-safety-trust-opposes-gas-transmission-northwest-llcs-proposed-gtn-xpress-expansion-project/
April is National Safe Digging Month but practicing safe digging habits should happen year-round!
Click here for tips and tools on safe digging 👇
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My last story for @grist (🥲) is out today, and it's quite different than anything I've written before. I hope you'll give it a read.
How the natural gas industry cozies up to utility regulators
Sponsorships, stacked panels, dance parties: Inside utilities' campaign to convince regulators of the bright future for natural gas.
grist.org
The White House announced that PST Executive Director @BillCaram will sit on the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force:
#pstrust, #CO2, #energytwitter
CEQ Announces Members of Task Forces to Inform Responsible Development and Deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration | CEQ | The White House
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today announced members of two new task forces that will pr...
www.whitehouse.gov
"The group pointed to significant “knowledge gaps and safety issues that need to be addressed” with the process, Kenneth Clarkson, the trust's communications and outreach director, wrote in an email."