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Freighter Fails in Great Lakes Highlight Line 5 Risks
After the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Michiganders are not ruling out a similar tragedy in the Great Lakes. After obtaining a public records request from the U.S. Coast Guard, a new report in the Detroit News discovered that Great Lakes freighters lost control or power more than 200 times between 2012 and May 2022, and crashed with stationary objects more than 60 times over the same decade. While the News notes that a freighter crash similar to the Key Bridge tragedy is unlikely with the Mackinac Bridge, there is a profound risk of damaging Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
California Leads on Reducing Methane Emissions
Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the strongest regulations in the country to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production and storage. Clean Water Action and our allies led the charge to get these regulations in place. As California leads the way, the Trump administration is going backwards on this and many other issues, and that’s all the more reason for us to be out in front. Methane is especially critical, because it traps heat about 84 times more than carbon dioxide over 20 years. The regulation also requires operators to capture rather than vent and
Train derailment in Frederick raises the stakes on crude oil in Maryland
Last week, a freight train on its way to the Port of Baltimore derailed in Ijamsville, a small town in Frederick County. Fortunately, although the train was carrying hazardous materials, none of the eight cars that derailed were punctured, and other than disruption to other freight shipments through Maryland, there were no impacts. Read more about the derailment and see pictures in the Frederick News-Post. The Port of Baltimore is an important economic driver for Baltimore City and the whole state, carrying increasing volumes of freight traffic from all over the world. But when those shipments
Oklahoma Drinking Water at Risk from Oil and Gas Injection Wells
This 2017 analysis of injection well locations and water quality data in Oaklahoma indicates that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission may have failed to protect underground sources of drinking water from oil and gas injection wells.
