Justin Mikulka

About

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.

onOct 5, 2016 @ 12:14 PDT

There are times when science is obvious. This is one of those times. A new report by researchers at PSE Healthy Energy, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of th...
onSep 28, 2016 @ 03:58 PDT

“The community of Benicia, [California,] in the crosshairs of history, made one of those decisions that will make a difference for the country. They stood up and said the safety of our communities ...
onSep 21, 2016 @ 10:57 PDT

The people of Albany, New York, got some good news last Friday about their port's oil-by-rail facilities. “Global Companies must restart its environmental review process, given the significant new...
onSep 19, 2016 @ 12:57 PDT

This is the third article in a series looking at why oil trains derail at higher rates than ethanol trains. More ethanol was moved by rail from 2010–2015 than oil, but oil trains derail at a higher...
onSep 15, 2016 @ 08:14 PDT

This is part two in a DeSmog investigative series examining why oil trains derail at higher rates than ethanol trains. More ethanol was moved by rail from 2010-2015 than oil, but oil trains derail ...
onSep 14, 2016 @ 12:17 PDT

This article is the first in a series by DeSmog on the safety of shipping ethanol and oil by rail.  From 2010 to 2015, the total number of tank cars moving ethanol by rail was more than 1.98 milli...
onJul 27, 2016 @ 03:58 PDT

This year’s annual Energy Information Administration conference started off on a somewhat positive note with a presentation by Dr. John Holdren, the Obama administration director of the White House...
onJul 19, 2016 @ 13:00 PDT

In the most recent oil-by-rail accident in Mosier, Oregon the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concluded that the tank cars involved — the jacketed CPC-1232 type — “performed as expected.” So ...
onJul 7, 2016 @ 03:58 PDT

The cause of the most recent bomb train derailment and fire in Mosier, OR has been determined to be lag bolts that had sheared off resulting in the derailment. This once again raises concerns that ...
onJul 5, 2016 @ 12:24 PDT

It isn’t hard to find critics of the American Petroleum Institute's CEO Jack Gerard in the community of people who care about the climate. However, it is perhaps telling that the Washington Post re...