Category Archives: firefighters

Spectra Energy pipeline explodes.

Posted on 29 April 2016 by

Spectra Energy transmission line explodes. I highlight transmission because, by all reports, transmission lines are advertised to be “much safer” than distribution lines. The pipeline in question, from reports, was installed in 1981 and last inspected in 2012. Of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, firefighters, greenhouse gases, methane, natural gas, pipelines | 1 Comment

FIRE

Posted on 18 August 2015 by

Originally posted on Open Mind:
Matt Pearce wrote an article for the LA Times in which he makes it sound as though the wildfire situation in the western U.S. is no big deal. He does so by pointing out that…

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