WASHINGTON, Kansas—Cleanup efforts continued this week following one of the worst oil pipeline failures in Kansas history. Canada-based TC Energy reported the company had recovered nearly 12,000 of 14,000 barrels of crude from the Keystone Pipeline spill from Mill Creek in Washington County. However, the company said the cleanup is far from over as it works…
Locals Respond to Cleanup Efforts of 500,000 Gallon Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill: ‘Never Been Through Something of This Magnitude’
WASHINGTON, Kansas—Cleanup efforts continued this week following one of the worst oil pipeline failures in Kansas history. Canada-based TC Energy reported the company had recovered nearly 12,000 of 14,000 barrels of crude from the Keystone Pipeline spill from Mill Creek in Washington County. However, the company said the cleanup is far from over as it works…
Keystone Pipeline Resumes Operations After 14,000 Barrel Leak
Officials said a damaged portion of the Keystone Pipeline reopened Thursday after weeks of repairs and cleanup following a 600,000-gallon crude oil leak into a Kansas stream. The pipeline, which carries oil from Canada to multiple U.S. states, shut down on Dec. 8 after spilling nearly 14,000 barrels of crude the day before at a segment of…
Keystone Pipeline Oil Leak Contained, Drinking Water Unaffected
The oil leak in the Keystone Pipeline system, which carries crude oil from Canada to multiple U.S. states, has been contained, according to TC Energy, parent company of the pipeline operator TC Oil. “The product remains contained, and multiple vacuum trucks, booms, and additional resources are onsite as we continue the recovery process … Repair…
House Oversight’s Incoming Chairman Launches Probe of Biden Energy Deal with Saudis
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced Sunday a “broad probe into President [Joe] Biden’s energy crisis that is harming the pocketbooks of Americans,” with particular emphasis on the Chief Executive’s “secret deal” with Saudi Arabia. “Since Day One in office, President Biden has waged war…
House Republicans to Probe Biden Energy Deal With Saudis: Comer
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the likely incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced on Dec. 4 a “broad probe into President [Joe] Biden’s energy crisis that is harming the pocketbooks of Americans,” with particular emphasis on the president’s “secret deal” with Saudi Arabia. “Since Day One in office, President Biden has…
Bidenomics a Recipe for Disaster
Commentary The failure of a red tidal wave to sweep the midterms is concerning, because it means the nation is in for at least two more years of reckless spending. The sum expenditure in President Joe Biden’s three signature economic plans is just shy of $5 trillion. That number is larger than the GDP of any…
Coalition of Republican State Attorneys General Urge Biden to Reconsider Scrapped Keystone Pipeline
A coalition of Republican state attorneys general from over a dozen states across the U.S. has urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL pipeline after it was canceled by the administration last year. The chief legal advisers were led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in sending a letter to Biden asking him to “stop federal efforts to…
US Energy Policies Created Financially Favorable Conditions for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Rick Santorum
Weaknesses of the Biden administration’s energy policies became one of the decisive factors that prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, said Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. War needs to be financed, and Russia relies on the revenue from the energy sector to fund its military and continue to feed its…
Boosting Domestic Oil Production to Counter Russia a ‘Misdiagnosis’: Psaki
White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) calls for boosting domestic oil production as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “misdiagnosis” in an interview with ABC News. A video clip featuring Cotton was played during the program, in which the lawmaker argued for cracking down on the…
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