The Colonial Pipeline stretches from Texas to New Jersey and delivers about 45 per cent of the gasoline consumed on the East Coast. The shutdown has caused shortages at the pumps throughout the South and emptied stations in the Washington DC area.
President Joe Biden said US officials did not believe the Russian government was involved, but said “we do have strong reason to believe that the criminals who did the attack are living in Russia”.
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says America is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.
Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday: Jennifer Granholm
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Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday: Jennifer Granholm
AP / Updated: May 15, 2021, 07:57 IST
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WASHINGTON: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is over the hump on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation s largest gasoline pipeline. Problems peaked Thursday night, and service should return to normal in most areas by the end of the weekend, Granholm said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Service at gas pumps should be ânormalâ by end of weekend after Colonial Pipeline attack, Granholm says
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However, the company said it will take several days for delivery to return to normal. Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during this start-up period, the company wrote on Twitter. Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal.
The company said those markets include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Granholm: Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.
Lambert here: Good news! Leave the stuff in the ground. Oh, and thanks, Obama!
By Sharon Kelly, an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications. Originally published at DeSmogBlog.
Five environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in a Montana federal court alleging that the way that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues permits for oil and gas pipelines nationwide violates some of the country’s cornerstone environmental laws.
This new lawsuit, filed May 3, is the most recent round in a nearly decade-long battle, sparked under the Obama administration, over how regulators approach the environmental impacts from oil and gas pipelines and the extent to which the public gets a say in the permitting process.