Lisa Song

Lisa Song is a reporter covering the environment, energy and climate change at ProPublica.

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Nebraskans Prepare for More Keystone XL Controversy, Despite New Pipeline Laws

A week after a Canadian company agreed to reroute the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of the fragile Nebraska Sandhills, the initial relief felt by many Nebraskans has…

by: Lisa Song,; Inside Climate News

November 22, 2011

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Nebraska Ranchers Who Turned the Tide in Pipeline Fight Say They’re Not Done Yet

Connie and Leon Weichman had just finished branding some calves Monday when Connie's niece texted her the news: TransCanada, the Alberta-based company that wants to build an oil…

by: Lisa Song,; InsideClimate News

November 19, 2011

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Public Comments on Keystone Pipeline Have Disappeared Into a Procedural Black Hole

State Dept. hearing on Sept. 29 in Atkinson, Neb., on TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL project. (Photo: Lisa Song) Five weeks ago, Cindy Myers stood in a…

by: Lisa Song,; Inside Climate News

November 1, 2011

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Keystone Hearing in Nebraska Sandhills Draws Mostly Critics, and Passions Flare

Atkinson, Neb. – People began arriving at West Holt Junior-Senior High School before noon on Thursday, some in pickups or cars from nearby ranches and farms, others in…

by: Lisa Song,; InsideClimate News

October 1, 2011

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Small Nebraska Town Prepares for Contentious Keystone Pipeline Hearing

On Thursday, a team of State Department officials will settle into the high school gymnasium in Atkinson, Neb.—population 1,300—to hear what local folks think about the Keystone XL…

by: Lisa Song,; InsideClimate News

September 29, 2011

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GOP Begins New Push to Delay EPA Rules on Toxic Power Plant Emissions

Under pressure from industry, Congressional Republicans are urging the US EPA to further delay long-overdue rules that would limit more than 80 air toxics emitted by coal-burning power…

by: Lisa Song,; SolveClimate News

April 21, 2011

Up to 40 Percent of Gulf Oil Spill was Potent Methane Gas, Research Shows

BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is commonly referred to as the Gulf oil spill, but liquid oil wasn’t the only hydrocarbon that gushed out of the Macondo well for…

by: Lisa Song,; SolveClimate News | Report

March 5, 2011

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Up to 40 Percent of Gulf Oil Spill was Potent Methane Gas, Research Shows

BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is commonly referred to as the Gulf oil spill, but liquid oil wasn't the only hydrocarbon that gushed out of the Macondo well for…

by: Lisa Song,; Solve Climate News

March 5, 2011

New Shipping Lanes in Melting Arctic Will Accelerate Global Warming

But current technology can reduce ship pollution 90%, and a House committee is weighing law to reduce black carbon emissions. In the next few decades, a warming Arctic…

by: Lisa Song,; Solve Climate | Report

November 10, 2010