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Things Congress Talks About: Caribou Sex

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:36:20 CST

A Texas Republican congressman is adamant in his backing of the trans-Alaska pipeline, but not because of silly energy independence. No, we must keep the oil flowing for the sake of ... caribou romance. So argued Rep. Louie Gohmert, tongue perhaps in cheek, during a meeting of the House Natural Resources...

Syria: 'Terrorists' Blew Up Pipeline

Matt Cantor — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:48:06 CST

A gas pipeline running from central Syria to its Lebanese border was blown up at dawn today, and state-run media is blaming "an armed terrorist group," reports the AP . It's the latest in a string of such explosions since the beginning of Syria's uprising, which the government has continually blamed...

Congress Passes Wrong Pipeline Bill

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:15:22 CST

It was a rare moment of bicameral, bipartisan compromise—and also a complete screw-up. The House and Senate hurriedly passed a pipeline safety bill on Tuesday, but not the one they thought they were passing, Politico reports. Thanks to a "clerical error," the House wound up passing an earlier version...

Pipeline Safety Bill Clears Congress

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:55:00 CST

Add another item to the list of things Congress can actually agree on: pipeline safety. A bill to make America's 2.3 million miles of pipelines safer has cleared the House and Senate with surprising speed and is headed for President Obama's desk, reports the Los Angeles Times . The legislation...

Syrian Oil Pipeline Explodes

Kevin Spak — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:53:34 CST

An explosion ripped through a pipeline pumping oil to the Syrian flashpoint city of Homs today, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky, the New York Times reports. Syria's state-run Sana news agency blamed the blast on "armed terrorist groups," while anti-government activists speculated that the regime may have...

Militants Attack Egypt Gas Pipeline

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:34:45 CDT

Suspected Islamist militants today attacked a gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighboring Israel and Jordan, officials say. The attack, which targeted a pumping station about 15 miles west of the city of el-Arish, is the sixth on the pipeline since the popular uprising that ousted...

Pipeline Explodes in Kenya Slum, Leaving Sea of Bodies

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:10:21 CDT

More than 100 people are dead after a pipeline explosion in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, which is believed to have been ignited by a cigarette butt thrown into an open sewer that fuel was leaking into, the BBC reports. Dozens of other victims have been taken to hospitals, and...

Bomb Hits Egypt Gas Pipeline

Mark Russell — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:28:05 CDT

An Egyptian pipeline that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan was rocked by an explosion today, sending flames into the air and sparking a fire that burned for seven hours, cutting off the supply of gas, the BBC reports. Officials say two pickup trucks pulled up to the pumping station;...

Alaska Pipeline Getting Dangerously Cold

Kevin Spak — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:22:05 CDT

Northern Alaska isn’t producing as much oil as it used to, and that could spell disaster for the Trans Alaska Pipeline. The pipe now transports about a third as much oil as it did at its peak, which makes the entire process about five times slower. That in turn lowers...