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.

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There are times when science is obvious. This is one of thoseย times. A new report by researchers at PSE Healthy Energy, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Nationalย Laboratory, and the University of th...
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โ€œThe community of Benicia, [California,]ย 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 communitiesย ...
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The people of Albany, New York, got some good news last Friday aboutย their port's oil-by-railย facilities. โ€œGlobal Companies must restart its environmental review process, given the significant new...
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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 2010โ€“2015 than oil, but oil trains derail at a higher...
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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 ...
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This article is the first in a seriesย by DeSmogย on the safety of shipping ethanol and oil by rail.ย  From 2010 to 2015, the total number of tank cars moving ethanolย by rail was more than 1.98 milli...
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This yearโ€™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...
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In the most recent oil-by-rail accident in Mosier, Oregon the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concluded that the tank cars involved โ€”ย the jacketed CPC-1232 typeย โ€”ย โ€œperformed as expected.โ€ So ...
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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 ...
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It isnโ€™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...