Pipeline Safety

Two interesting resources:

Laws Don't Adequately Protect Great Lakes from Pipeline Oil Spills, New Report Finds

Stronger rules needed to prevent a repeat of historic spill in Michigan

04-30-2012 // Jordan Lubetkin

read more here

and especially the report linked in this article: After the Marshall Spill: Oil Pipelines in the Great Lakes Region, A Legal Analysis (pdf)

The other is a website dedicated to an independent critical view on pipeline safety:

The Pipeline Safety Trust

The Pipeline Safety Trust is a nonprofit public charity promoting fuel transportation safety through education and advocacy, by increasing access to information, and by building partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government, and industry, that result in safer communities and a healthier environment. More detail about the Trust’s mission, history and leadership can be found in the links below.

Link: http://pstrust.org/