Danielle Droitsch

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Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cause Damage Beyond Spills (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch last updated

Does the Keystone XL pipeline have environmental impacts beyond the risk of spills?

Fossil Fuels
tar sands, tailing ponds, Alberta

Huge Ponds Hold Tar Sands Sludge, and Great Risks (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch published

Every day, 6.6 million gallons of tar-sands mining waste head to huge ponds in Canada — and yet no one has a good handle on how well those ponds are contained.

Planet Earth
oil, reserves, Strategic Petroleum reserve

Blowout Raises Questions About Tar-Sands Oil (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch published

An oil spill in Alberta, kept under wraps for months, is raising questions about oversight of tar-sands oil drilling.

Fossil Fuels