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Congress Passes Wrong Pipeline Bill

House sends along wrong version, Senate passes without noticing

(Newser) - It was a rare moment of bicameral, bipartisan compromise—and also a complete screw-up. The House and Senate hurriedly passed a pipeline safety bill on Tuesday, but not the one they thought they were passing, Politico reports. Thanks to a "clerical error," the House wound up passing an... More »

Pipeline Safety Bill Clears Congress

Watered-down bill disappoints safety advocates

(Newser) - Add another item to the list of things Congress can actually agree on: pipeline safety. A bill to make America's 2.3 million miles of pipelines safer has cleared the House and Senate with surprising speed and is headed for President Obama's desk, reports the Los Angeles Times... More »

Syrian Oil Pipeline Explodes

Government blames protesters, protesters blame government

(Newser) - An explosion ripped through a pipeline pumping oil to the Syrian flashpoint city of Homs today, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky, the New York Times reports. Syria's state-run Sana news agency blamed the blast on "armed terrorist groups," while anti-government activists speculated that the... More »

White House to Delay Keystone Pipeline Decision

Officials looking at new route, which should push things back a year

(Newser) - Looks like the controversial Keystone XL pipeline won't be an election issue after all. The White House is going to push back the decision on whether to allow it to be built for another year, reports the Washington Post . Specifically, officials will consider a new route through Nebraska for... More »

8K Protesters Ring White House

They demonstrate against Keystone XL pipeline proposal

(Newser) - More than 8,000 environmental activists descended on the White House yesterday, forming a human chain to protest a 1,700-mile pipeline that TransCanada Corp. wants to build through six states, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike August's protests, when 1,200 were arrested , there were no... More »

Daryl Hannah Arrested at White House Oil Protest

She joins rally against proposed pipeline

(Newser) - Daryl Hannah was arrested today during a protest against a proposed new oil pipeline. Seated on a sidewalk in front of the White House, the actress refused to move despite US Park Police orders, the AP reports. She had been participating in a sit-in against the Keystone XL pipeline , which... More »

Alaska Pipeline Getting Dangerously Cold

It's shipping less oil, which lowers temperature and causes trouble

(Newser) - Northern Alaska isn’t producing as much oil as it used to, and that could spell disaster for the Trans Alaska Pipeline. The pipe now transports about a third as much oil as it did at its peak, which makes the entire process about five times slower. That in turn... More »

BP Fined $25M for 2006 Alaska Spills

It's the largest per-barrel assessment ever imposed for a spill

(Newser) - Another blow to BP's coffers—and reputation: The oil company has been fined $25 million for two Alaska pipeline spills in 2006 . The civil fines will settle charges arising from both the spills and BP's non-compliance with court orders to properly maintain the pipelines, the New York Times... More »

Gadhafi Orders Destruction of Oil Pipelines: Source

Desperate leader 'seeking to sow chaos'

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi has vowed to fight until his last drop of blood and he's apparently ready to spill Libya's last drop of oil in the process. The Libyan leader has ordered security forces to sabotage the country's oil pipelines, according to former CIA field agent and Time columnist Robert Baer,... More »

Huge Gas Blast Rocks Egypt

Fire quickly contained, but some suspect sabotage

(AP) - An explosion rocked a gas terminal in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula today, setting off a massive fire that was contained by shutting off the flow of gas to neighboring Jordan and Egypt, officials and witnesses said. Egypt's natural gas company said the fire was caused by a gas leak. However,... More »

Pipeline Explodes in Mexico, Forces City to Evacuate

Thieves had been trying to steal oil

(Newser) - A group of oil thieves appear to have accidentally blown up an oil pipeline today in central Mexico, sending flaming crude spilling through the streets of San Martin Texmelucan. The original explosion was followed by four more minor blasts, as the oil spread over a 3-mile radius, killing 22... More »

BP's Alaska Pipelines on Verge of Collapse

At least 148 have received an F-rank due to corrosion

(Newser) - BP's vast network of pipelines in Alaska has been left in a sorry state by severe corrosion, according to an internal maintenance report obtained by ProPublica . At least 148 BP pipelines on Alaska's North Slope have received an "F-rank'," which BP workers say means at least 80% of... More »

Threatened Spirit Bear's Best Hope: Photographers

'Canada's panda' symbolizes fight to preserve British Columbia's rainforest

(Newser) - Never heard of "Canada's panda?" Naturalists fighting to preserve the very rare bear's rainforest habitat in British Columbia want that to change. Only about 500 of the bears—a subspecies of black bear that has white fur—exist, and activists fear that a proposed pipeline through the Great Bear... More »

Huge Pipe Break Traps DC-Area Drivers

Boats used for rescue as 4-foot-deep, frigid water gushes around cars in Md. suburb

(AP) - Rescuers in helicopters scrambled to pull motorists from frigid floodwaters unleashed by a massive water pipe break this morning on a commuter road just outside Washington. TV images showed two people in a minivan climbing into a basket lowered from a helicopter overhead. Rescuers also used a boat to save... More »

Palin Overstates Progress on Pipeline Project

Project may never be built, but will still cost taxpayers $500M

(Newser) - On the campaign trail, Sarah Palin has been touting her role in brokering a deal for a $40-billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska that, she says will "help lead America to energy independence." But the New York Times, investigating the status of the project, finds that the Alaska... More »

Nigerian Youths Blow Up Oil Pipeline

Chevron output diminished by 120K barrels per day

(Newser) - A youth gang blew up a Chevron pipeline in Nigeria yesterday, reducing output from the world's eighth-largest oil producer by 120,000 barrels a day. Such attacks are common in Nigeria, Reuters reports: Sparked by poverty and hatred of foreign companies, militants have cut oil production there by one-fifth over... More »

BP Strike Shuts Down Top UK Oil Refinery

London urges drivers not to hoard gas as prices rise

(Newser) - Britain is facing an oil pinch after workers walked off a Scottish oil refinery today over pension issues, the AP reports. The 48-hour BP strike will halt 700,000 barrels of UK oil a day, nearly one-third of its North Sea supply. But 10 Downing St. is urging drivers not... More »

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