A federal agency says TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after tests showed “possible safety issues.” The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says TransCanada reported shutting down the approximately 2,100-mile pipeline, which moves about 500,000 barrels of crude a day from Alberta, Canada, to facilities in Illinois and Oklahoma.
Group calls on all Americans to demand an end to the Keystone XL pipeline
All Americans should sign and deliver an open letter to U.S. presidential hopefuls Obama and Romney calling for an end to the tar sands oil pipeline.
Green groups in UK angered by ‘Taliban’ tag
Four of Britain’s largest green groups challenged George Osborne last night over his slighting reference to climate change campaigners as the “environmental Taliban”.
Fracking Pollution Sickens Pennsylvania Families, Environmental Group Says
The McIntyres of Butler County, Pa., no longer drink the water piped into their home. They no longer brush their teeth with it, shower or do laundry with it. “We use water for nothing other than flushing the commode,” said Janet McIntyre, after describing her family’s wide-ranging health problems — from projectile vomiting to skin rashes — that she attributed to the water.
The rising price of wheat
Wheat prices worldwide have gone up by almost 30 per cent since last year, according to British Retail Consortium.
