By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News The debate over whether oil sands mining should be allowed in Utah inched forward this week when an environmental group and the company that wants to open the mine both filed papers responding to a judge’s recent ruling on whether water resources will be adequately protected. Administrative Law Judge Sandra Allen ruled […]
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New Keystone XL route could still threaten Ogallala aquifer
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News “A relatively modest jog around the Sandhills”—that’s how one TransCanada executive describes the Keystone XL oil pipeline’s new route through Nebraska, which is expected to be released in the next few weeks. But while the path will avoid the Nebraska Sandhills—a region of grass-covered sand dunes that overlies the critically important […]
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Tar sands battle continues in California courts
By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News A high-stakes legal battle is underway in California over whether the state’s clean air agency can enforce a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in transportation fuels. The fight is being closely watched because the rule could choke global market demand for Alberta’s carbon-intensive oil sands at a very precarious […]
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The ranchers who turned the tide against the XL pipeline
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News Connie and Leon Weichman had just finished branding some calves Monday when Connie’s niece texted her the news: TransCanada, the Alberta-based company that wants to build an oil pipeline through the middle of the United States, had finally agreed to reroute it away from the Nebraska Sandhills where the Weichmans live […]