Congress Strengthens Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Oversight
Pipeline safety bill includes three provisions directed at Line 5, an aging oil conduit across the Straits of Mackinac. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Out of sight and out of mind until recently, two aging oil pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac, in northern Michigan, have soared from a regional concern to an authentic […]
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton