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Justin Mikulka

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Justin Mikulka is a research fellow at New Consensus. Prior to joining New Consensus in October 2021, Justin reported for DeSmog, where he began in 2014. Justin has a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

us/Gas Barge Grounding in New York Shows Risk of Turning Hudson River into ‘Pipeline on Water’
ByJustin Mikulka
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On April 4 a barge carrying 60,000 barrels of gasoline ran aground in the Hudson River and was stranded for hours while New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation tried to determine if the...
us/Two Ethanol Trains Derail — and One Explodes — as Industry Embraces Riskier Practices
ByJustin Mikulka
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On March 8, a train pulling 80 tank cars of ethanol derailed in Providence, Rhode Island. Luckily, no ethanol was spilled and no one was injured. However, activists immediately began calling for a ...
Series: Oil By Rail: Why Aren't Ethanol Trains Bomb Trains Too?
Series: Ethanol-by-Rail
us/Claims Used to Overturn the Crude Oil Export Ban Are Turning Out False
ByJustin Mikulka
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Last week, oil companies in the United States exported approximately 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day, setting a new record for exports since the ban on exporting crude oil was lifted in 20...
us/Leader of Standing Rock Sioux: “This Movement Has Been Special”
ByJustin Mikulka
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“It’s time to do something and no longer sit back.” That was the message that David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, delivered to an audience at Cornell University on Feb...
us/Why Is the Exxon-Funded Heartland Institute Now Calling Oil Trains “Dangerously Flammable”?
ByJustin Mikulka
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When President Donald Trump signed executive orders pushing for the approval and expedited review of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, an oil industry-funded think tank put out an intere...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
us/Rail Industry Eager for a New Trump Era Light on Safety Rules
ByJustin Mikulka
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“The policy landscape in Washington, D.C., dramatically shifted on Election Day…” While clearly not news to anyone, it was part of Edward Hamberger’s address to a conference in New York a week a...
us/Will New LNG-by-Rail Industry Repeat the Mistakes of Oil Trains?
ByJustin Mikulka
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Over and over again, attendees of the 2016 Energy by Rail Conference heard that “LNG by rail is ready to go!” LNG, or liquefied natural gas, is methane that has been cooled to the point of being a...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
us/What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster?
ByJustin Mikulka
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Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw the news reports on TV. ...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
us/Oil-By-Rail Regulators Consider Crude Oil Volatility Limits That Would Require Oil Stabilization
ByJustin Mikulka
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In July 2015, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in Culbertson, Montana resulting in an oil spill of 35,000 gallons — more than the contents of a full rail tank car. But unlike all of the ...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
us/Insights Into the Thinking of Trump Advisor Myron Ebell’s Competitive Enterprise Institute on Climate Change
ByJustin Mikulka
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The 20th Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights was held on October 22nd in Albany, NY. Although this was an association supposedly concerned about property rights, two speakers from...