Exxon/Mobil’s Portland to Montreal Pipeline and Arkansas
“The breached Pegasus Pipeline involved in the Arkansas incident can carry nearly 100,000 barrels of oil per day from Illinois to Texas. Originally constructed in the 1940s to bring Texas crude oil up to Illinois, it had been reversed in recent years to stream dilbit. The operator, ExxonMobil, retrofitted the 50-centimeter tube to compensate for the demands of pushing tar sand oil through in the opposite direction, but the higher temperatures and pressures may nonetheless have contributed to the rupture or sped up preexisting corrosion”
April Featured Climate Actions
For the Pioneer, 3/21/2013 The USNF Climate Action Group (CAG) has been busy working on a number of fronts
Spill Baby Spill!
2 oil spills in the news this morning, one in Minnesota and the other in Arkansas and neither being reported very well by main stream media. Why should we care? Well, Exxon/Mobile, owner of the leaking pipeline in Arkansas also owns the pipeline between Montreal and Portland and which crosses the Connecticut River upstream from us. They would like to use it for Alberta Tar Sands.
Gas Industry Report Calls Anti-Fracking Movement a “Highly Effective Campaign”
A report intended to help the oil and gas industry squash the anti-fracking movement turns out to be full of useful information—and admits that much of what activists are saying is true.
Various Voices
One of the benefits of living in the Pioneer Valley is the amazing number of people committed to working to
A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World!
Michael T. Klare, author of “The Race For What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources”, explains how if President Obama shoots down the Keystone XL pipeline, it might be GAME OVER for the tar-sands industry. It’s time to turn up the heat on this do nothing government! Act Up!! Head to DC this weekend and do your part.
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