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McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’

Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC is trying to gaslight us into believing that CO2 pipelines are always safe.

Trains carry hazardous chemicals every day. They're also dangerously unregulated.

Regulators say the company fixed flaws at the natural gas plant which led compressed methane to burst from a pipe and catch fire.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has yet to nominate someone to lead the federal agency that regulates the transport of hazardous materials, including the toxic chemicals that spilled following the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corp. train in Ohio this month.

Experts say it will be harder to clean up than past leaks

The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.

A special exemption from 2017 allowed the Keystone Pipeline to operate at pressures above the standard for crude oil transport, a report from the federal government shows. The exemption is receiving new scrutiny following last week’s oil spill in northern Kansas, the largest in the pipeline’s history.

The agency tasked with the safety of more pipelines lacks an official leader as it faces growing pressure to write new regulations.