Just yesterday the TransCanada Keystone pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota. This comes at a crucial time as the Public Service Commission of Nebraska is about to decide on a permit for the proposed expansion of this fossil fuel conduit: the Keystone XL pipeline. Oil pipelines, including Keystone XL itself, are a subject that has been frequently addressed here on The Otter – La Loutre in the last few years. To help put pipeline spills – and their inevitability – in perspective, here are some selected posts:
Sean Kheraj – Tracking Canada’s History of Oil Pipeline Spills (November 8, 2013)
Sean Kheraj – Indigenous Voices and Resistance in Oil Pipeline History: The Dene Tha’ and the Norman Wells Pipeline (November 18, 2016)
Phil Wight – Down the Line: Exploring the Environmental History of Pipelines (January 23, 2017)
Down the Line: Exploring the Environmental History of Pipelines
Jessica Helps – Embedded Wounds in the Histories of Pipelines and Petro-Chemicals (November 10, 2014)
Embedded Wounds in the Histories of Pipelines and Petro-chemicals
Daniel Macfarlane: Funneling Controversy: The Keystone XL Pipeline (November 28, 2011)
Daniel Macfarlane – Teaching Media Literacy Through Environmental Disaster: The Kalamazoo River Oil Spill (January 18, 2017)
Teaching Media Literacy Through Environmental Disaster: The Kalamazoo River Oil Spill


Latest posts by Daniel Macfarlane (see all)
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- New Book Series: Environmental Studies of the Great Lakes - March 1, 2022
- Graduate Student Opportunity with the Canadian Museum of Nature - February 2, 2022
- The Climate Crisis and the Canadian Classroom - September 21, 2021
- Line 5 and the History of Canada-US Hydrocarbon Pipelines - June 17, 2021
- Hoover Dam in Hollywood - December 3, 2020
- Environmental Diplomacy, Envirotech, and Canadian History - May 5, 2020
- Canadians at ASEH & N|H|S Get Together - March 7, 2020