California's climate goals anticipate a hydrogen buildout, so legislators are right to want to get a safety regulator in place before the pipelines arrive. But hydrogen is not just another fuel: it ignites more easily than natural gas, … [Read more...] about California’s Hydrogen Pipeline Bill Puts Safety Oversight in the Wrong Hands and Doesn’t Meaningfully Address Safety
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California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It.
California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It. By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Inside Climate News (July 3, 2026) "Amanda McKay, the state policy adviser at the Pipeline Safety … [Read more...] about California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It.
Pipeline Safety Trust Opposes the California Senate’s Bill on Hydrogen Pipeline Safety
SB 804 is fundamentally flawed: it would assign hydrogen pipeline safety to the wrong state regulator and cut the public out of the rulemaking process. Bellingham, WASHINGTON - [June 22, 2026] – While it is important that … [Read more...] about Pipeline Safety Trust Opposes the California Senate’s Bill on Hydrogen Pipeline Safety
Letter of Opposition to California Senate Bill 804 Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act
Exceptions Filing to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on the Proposed Rulemaking Addressing the Use of Advanced Leak Detection Technology
Comment to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on the Proposed Rulemaking Addressing the Use of Advanced Leak Detection Technology
Coming Back to Bellingham
June 10, 2015 We've just come back from a four day trip to California to participate in a couple of community forums in Contra Costa County, visit with our friends in the city of San Bruno, meet some staffers in the Gas Safety … [Read more...] about Coming Back to Bellingham
Reflections on San Bruno, PG&E and the CPUC
Question of the week: I heard the California Public Utilities Commission levied a fine of $1.6 billion dollars against PG&E for pipeline safety violations relating to the terrible San Bruno pipeline explosion in 2010. Do you think this … [Read more...] about Reflections on San Bruno, PG&E and the CPUC