Pipelines

"It's hard to envision [a big debate about energy] right now in this presidential year," LaFleur said. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

Activists take fracking fight to feds’ homes

John Siciliano · May 17, 2016 4:01 am

"As far across my windshield as I could see was just a massive fireball," fire chief says. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Energy and Environment

Pittsburgh pipeline explosion was like gazing ‘into hell’

John Siciliano · April 29, 2016 7:30 pm

The House bill reauthorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, tightens provisions allowing it to issue emergency orders, increases transparency on interagency reviews and the regulatory process, and increases inspections for some underwater oil pipelines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Pipeline safety bill heads to House floor

Kyle Feldscher · April 27, 2016 6:49 pm

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration rejected the Constitution Pipeline Co.'s application Friday to build a pipeline to ship natural gas from the Marcellus shale fields in Pennsylvania to the Northeast. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Pipeline builder: Politics trump science in Cuomo decision

John Siciliano · April 25, 2016 10:40 pm

Energy and Environment

Triumphal greens expand target list

John Siciliano · April 17, 2016 4:01 am

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wrote that Plains LPG Services wants to start sending crude oil through a 98-year-old pipeline beneath the St. Clair River. The river runs between eastern Michigan and western Ontario and is part of the system connecting Lake Huron to Lake Erie. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, via Wikimedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Mich. asks Kerry to deny oil transport under river connecting Great Lakes

Kyle Feldscher · April 15, 2016 6:31 pm

A portion of the Keystone oil pipeline was closed Monday after a leak was found over the weekend, said pipeline owner TransCanada. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Energy and Environment

Keystone pipeline closed after springing leak

John Siciliano · April 4, 2016 11:34 pm

"For families, consumers, workers and businesses across our nation, the safety and security of our extensive pipeline network must remain a top priority," Sen. Fischer said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Senate approves pipeline safety bill

John Siciliano · March 4, 2016 12:11 am

The new fight concerns Canadian oil company Enbridge and its plan to increase the capacity of its Alberta Clipper pipeline that dips into the American upper Midwest and crosses through the Great Lakes region. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Energy and Environment

Son of Keystone XL: greens promise ‘no-holds-barred’ brawl

John Siciliano · February 29, 2016 11:57 pm

The well at Aliso Canyon started leaking in October and was stopped temporarily on Thursday. The Environmental Defense Fund estimated it poured 96,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere while it leaked. (AP File Photo/Dean Musgrove)

Energy and Environment

House Dems worried about what Calif. gas leak means for the rest of the country

Kyle Feldscher · February 12, 2016 11:58 pm

Protesters carry signs along the roadway leading to Dominion Virginia Power's annual meeting in Richmond, Va. Protesters are trying to block the construction of a natural gas pipeline through rural Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Big pipeline brawls brewing in 2016

John Siciliano · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Sen. Ed Markey said Republicans attempt to undo policies that will increase fossil fuel use. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Energy and Environment

Dem says Obama gas pipeline bid would raise prices

John Siciliano · February 6, 2016 1:38 am