Oil Train Explosion: Tragic Reminder of High Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependency

Explosion follows recent direct action against oil train transport: "It's devastating that the the thing we were most afraid of happening did."
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer

from null Common Dreams, Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/07

Oil & Water Don't Mix: A Rally for the Great Lakes

A million gallons of poisonous tar sands oil ruined part of the Kalamazoo River as it spilled from a poorly maintained pipeline owned and operated by Enbridge Energy. Enbridge, the same company with over 800 pipeline spills since 1999, has also been pumping oil through two sixty year old pipelines that run through the Straits of Mackinac. Now, they are planning to drastically increase the capacity to pump even more oil through the Straits – which could include the most toxic and corrosive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada.

More Info under: http://oilandwaterdontmix.com/

A bus is organized to leave from Ann Arbor: http://bit.ly/OilandWater_A2Bus

Nature's Beauties and Rarities at Heritage Park

To get an idea what we are messing around with - and what we are endangering besides our own health - and our children's livelihood, I post a few pictures of beautiful and rare species that can be found in Heritage Park.
 

 

Festive Tiger Beetle, Cicindela scutellaris, subspecies lecontei - new record for Lenawee county 7/3/2013

 

American toad

 

Juvenile Eastern Box Turtle.  Special Concern species in MI. Found in Heritage Park 7/4/2013

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Brine Truck into Witt Farm

A full brine truck just pulled into Witt Farm coming from Howell Highway. Is there now an injection well on Witt Farm??

Carson Highway - Williamsburg Drive Update

Horizontal drilling continues off of Carson Highway and Williamsburg Drive right behind a residential area.
The amount of pre-drilling site preparation and pipe laying indicates that Savoy expects to tap into some major deposits...

Armed with the Facts: Natural Gas and Air Pollution

Same thing also in the flares and just leaking from the drill sites of oil drilling and processing sites!

Armed with the Facts: Natural Gas and Air Pollution: A fact sheet on the air pollution generated from natural gas development.