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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/Republicans Attempting Science: A Preview of the Republican-Led Senate
ByJustin Mikulka
onNov 14, 2014 @ 11:36 PST

On September 9th, two subcommittees of the Congressional Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a joint hearing where they spent the better part of two hours arguing the benefits of moving...
us/Rail Industry Fights Speed Limits, Brake Regulation in Quest for Profits
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 23, 2014 @ 06:00 PDT

Earlier this month Hunter Harrison, the CEO of Canadian Pacific told the Globe and Mail that he thought regulators have “overreacted” to the oil-by-rail disaster in Lac-Megantic that killed 47 peop...
us/Natural Gas as 'Bridge Fuel' Is Excellent Political Solution But Fails As Climate Solution
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 20, 2014 @ 14:57 PDT

“We cannot solely rely on abundant gas to solve the climate change problem. The climate change problem requires a climate change solution. Abundant gas could be great for any number of things, but ...
us/Oil-by-Rail Fuels Record U.S. Imports of Canadian Oil
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 16, 2014 @ 05:00 PDT

In September, many of the major railroad stocks hit new all-time highs. Investors Business Daily attributed much of the increase to the business of moving oil-by-rail. While the majority of the oil...
us/Air Quality Concerns Raised By Albany Residents Living Along Oil-By-Rail Tracks
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 11, 2014 @ 09:01 PDT

Residents of the Ezra Prentice apartments in Albany, N.Y., have been complaining about air quality issues ever since the oil trains showed up in the Port of Albany two years ago. And recent testing...
us/‘Wild West’ Approach to Regulation in Bakken Shale Means Bomb Trains Continue to Roll
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 7, 2014 @ 10:41 PDT

Prepare yourself for a rare moment of honesty from the oil industry. It happened on Sept. 23 at a hearing of the North Dakota Industrial Commission during a discussion on ways to make Bakken crude ...
us/Oil and Rail Industries Still Fighting Oil Train Safety Measures 23 Years and Counting
ByJustin Mikulka
onOct 2, 2014 @ 17:59 PDT

On the final day of the public comment period for the new proposed oil-by-rail regulations, the oil industry came out swinging. At a press conference held by American Petroleum Institute (API) pres...
us/U.S. Oil Imports From Canada Hit All-Time High Despite Opposition
ByJustin Mikulka
onSep 25, 2014 @ 14:49 PDT

While the battle against TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline rages on and oil-by-rail faces increased scrutiny, U.S. oil imports from Canada have quietly hit a record high of 2.99 million barrels pe...
us/Government Accountability Office Report of Oil-By-Rail Safety Fails to Address Most Important Safety Issue
ByJustin Mikulka
onSep 23, 2014 @ 08:26 PDT

This week’s release of the government report titled Department of Transportation Is Taking Actions To Address Rail Safety, But Additional Actions Are Needed To Address Pipeline Safety — a year long...
us/Bomb Trains Keep Rolling While Congressional Committee Bickers About Bakken Crude
ByJustin Mikulka
onSep 17, 2014 @ 08:59 PDT

When DeSmogBlog reported last week that no actual petroleum scientists would be testifying at the congressional science committee’s hearing on the characteristics of Bakken crude oil, we knew the h...

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