St. Paul derailment spills diesel into Mississippi River

August 8, 2018 2:16 pm Leave a comment

Crews are cleaning up a diesel spill into the Mississippi River that occurred when two Union Pacific locomotives derailed from a bridge in St. Paul.

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Milwaukee port starts shipping petroleum, raising concerns

May 24, 2018 12:30 pm Leave a comment

Petroleum is being shipped out of the Port of Milwaukee this spring for the first time in at least a decade, raising environmental concerns.

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Michigan official: Tugboat damaged Great Lakes pipelines (UPDATE)

April 16, 2018 12:10 pm Leave a comment

FILE - This Feb. 11, 2014, aerial file photo shows a view of the Mackinac Bridge, which spans a 5-mile-wide freshwater channel called the Straits of Mackinac that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan said Friday, April 13, 2018, that the flow of crude oil through twin pipelines through the Straits should be suspended until authorities determine how severely they were damaged by what may have been a ship anchor strike. The Coast Guard is delaying action because of a heavy storm expected this weekend. (Keith King/Traverse City Record-Eagle via AP, Pool, File)

Recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines in the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan that's blamed for an insulation fluid spill was caused by a tugboat dragging its anchor, Michigan's attorney general announced Tuesday.

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Judge sides with feds on temporary oil pipeline pause

September 12, 2016 5:16 pm Leave a comment

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was unsuccessful Monday in asking a federal judge to recognize three federal agencies' request for a developer to "voluntarily pause" work on a segment of the Dakota Access pipeline that the tribe says holds sacred sites and artifacts.

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Feds request ‘pause’ for span of pipeline

September 9, 2016 2:44 pm Leave a comment

Members of the Ponca, Santee, Winnebago and Omaha Tribes in Nebraska and Iowa along with others participate gather during a rally on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in front of the Army Corps of Engineers offices in Omaha, Neb., to protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Dakotas and Iowa. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

The Latest on the legal challenge and protest of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline

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Enbridge Energy drops plans for Sandpiper crude oil pipeline

September 1, 2016 7:26 pm Leave a comment

Enbridge Energy said Thursday it has dropped its proposal to build the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

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DNR to hold public hearings on pipeline project

March 7, 2016 9:28 am Leave a comment

The state Department of Natural Resources is planning to hold a pair of public hearings on Enbridge Energy Partner's plans to build a crude oil pipeline from North Dakota to Superior.

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Lawmakers want delay on permit for piping oil beneath river

March 1, 2016 12:17 pm Leave a comment

Two members of Congress want the Obama administration to put the brakes on a move to allow piping of crude oil beneath the St. Clair River through lines that are nearly a century old.

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Congress set for year-end push on tax, spending compromise

December 16, 2015 10:14 am Leave a comment

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. looks over his notes before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, following a closed-door session with House Republicans as lawmakers work to complete end-of-the-year business and pass a comprehensive spending bill. Congressional leaders girded to push a Christmas compromise on tax cuts and spending through the House and Senate by week's end after Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on a legislative package extending dozens of tax breaks for businesses and families and financing 2016 government operations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In return for Republicans' getting to lift the country's long-standing cap on exports of crude oil, Democrats are likely to get five-year extensions of the tax credits now used to help finance solar and wind projects.

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