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.

onSep 9, 2014 @ 05:00 PDT

In 2009, Matt Taibbi wrote a piece in Rolling Stone in which he described the investment bank Goldman Sachs as “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its b...
onSep 8, 2014 @ 11:56 PDT

Bakken petroleum: the substance of energy independence. If you think that sounds like the latest branding from the oil industry’s public relations efforts, you might be right. However, it isn’t an ...
onSep 5, 2014 @ 13:30 PDT

When North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer was asked recently if it was scientifically possible to make Bakken crude oil safer by stripping out the explosive natural gas liquids with a process like...
onAug 21, 2014 @ 09:32 PDT

“Rail can get you just about anywhere. It's like the Harry Potter stairway. You get on the stairs at one end and they move to wherever you need to go. That's the beauty of the railway. You get on a...
onAug 19, 2014 @ 12:32 PDT

Today the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its final report on the July 6th, 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The report produced a strong reaction from Keith Stew...
onAug 13, 2014 @ 06:00 PDT

On December 30, 2013, a train carrying Bakken crude oil crashed in Casselton, North Dakota resulting in a massive explosion.  In January of 2014, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Adminis...
onAug 8, 2014 @ 11:09 PDT

On the same day that the Obama administration released long-awaited new safety regulations for the oil-by-rail industry, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released ...
onJul 23, 2014 @ 10:51 PDT

The Department of Transportation released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today for the transportation of crude oil and ethanol by rail. With the release of the proposed new regulations, a public...
onJul 21, 2014 @ 14:26 PDT

Portland, Maine, has become the latest battleground in the fight against tar sands oil, with local residents facing off against energy industry forces in an attempt to ban tar sands oil from the ci...
onJul 21, 2014 @ 08:13 PDT

Documents released to DeSmogBlog by the Washington State Military Department reveal that both the Department of Transportation (DOT) and rail companies attempted to pressure states including Washin...