Pipeline Safety Trust
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The Pipeline Safety Trust is a nonprofit public watchdog organization promoting pipeline safety through education and advocacy.
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"PST was created in the aftermath of the Whatcom Creek Explosion on the Olympic Pipeline. Caram’s organization worked with API to create standards of Community Engagement. The standards, which focus on two-way communications and proactive communication, were adopted by API in March 2024."
As jet fuel flows, BP’s story on Olympic Pipeline changes
Airline operations for long-haul flights out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) returned to normal on Tuesday as the Olympic Pipeline partially reopened.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"PST was created in the aftermath of the Whatcom Creek Explosion on the Olympic Pipeline. Caram’s organization worked with API to create standards of Community Engagement. The standards, which focus on two-way communications and proactive communication, were adopted by API in March 2024."
The PIR formula, commissioned by the pipeline industry, has a history of underestimating the impact of pipeline failures. These miscalculations have claimed lives.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/PIRblogpost
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/PIRblogpost
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The PIR formula, commissioned by the pipeline industry, has a history of underestimating the impact of pipeline failures. These miscalculations have claimed lives.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/PIRblogpost
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/PIRblogpost
"To me, it's just a hint that maybe some, you know, mismanagement or under maintenance, is starting to catch up with this pipeline, and I hope that's not true, but it does give me pause," Caram said.
Olympic Pipeline: Crews working nonstop to repair Everett, WA leak
Crews are working around the clock to repair a leak in the Olympic Pipeline that has stopped jet fuel delivery to SEA Airport. Right now, there is no timeline for the fix and Governor Bob Ferguson iss...
www.fox13seattle.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"To me, it's just a hint that maybe some, you know, mismanagement or under maintenance, is starting to catch up with this pipeline, and I hope that's not true, but it does give me pause," Caram said.
“BP and Olympic Pipeline owe the people of Washington both a safe pipeline and immediate, transparent communication about every incident,” Clarkson said.
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Olympic Pipeline spill outside of Everett is one of several in recent years | Cascadia Daily News
BP and Ecology have not yet determined amount of fuel released
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“BP and Olympic Pipeline owe the people of Washington both a safe pipeline and immediate, transparent communication about every incident,” Clarkson said.
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"I really think you have to have effective, strong enforcement in order to have safe pipelines and prevent these kinds of tragedies, and a 98% drop-off in civil penalties proposed on operators is not strong enforcement,” Caram said.
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Investigation finds severe cuts to pipeline safety enforcement
A pipeline explosion in Beaver County in 2018 left homes destroyed, leading to fines and criminal charges against the pipeline company. Action News Investigates has learned the federal government has ...
www.wtae.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"I really think you have to have effective, strong enforcement in order to have safe pipelines and prevent these kinds of tragedies, and a 98% drop-off in civil penalties proposed on operators is not strong enforcement,” Caram said.
www.wtae.com/article/pipe...
www.wtae.com/article/pipe...
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
The recent spill from BP's Olympic Pipeline adds to a growing list of incidents that have accumulated over the past two and a half years.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The recent spill from BP's Olympic Pipeline adds to a growing list of incidents that have accumulated over the past two and a half years.
#2025PST Conference Livestream - Day 2
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November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us on our livestream for the final Day 1 session of our 2025 Conference. The session, The Role of GPAC & LPAC in Pipeline Safety: Do They Deliver for the Public?
Session runs from 3:45 to 4:45 CST.
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#2025PST, #PHMSA, #energy, #pipelines, #safety
Session runs from 3:45 to 4:45 CST.
www.youtube.com/live/4sMTeEU...
#2025PST, #PHMSA, #energy, #pipelines, #safety
#2025PST Conference Livestream - Day 1
YouTube video by Pipeline Safety Trust
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November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Join us on our livestream for the final Day 1 session of our 2025 Conference. The session, The Role of GPAC & LPAC in Pipeline Safety: Do They Deliver for the Public?
Session runs from 3:45 to 4:45 CST.
www.youtube.com/live/4sMTeEU...
#2025PST, #PHMSA, #energy, #pipelines, #safety
Session runs from 3:45 to 4:45 CST.
www.youtube.com/live/4sMTeEU...
#2025PST, #PHMSA, #energy, #pipelines, #safety
Stream our Town Hall discussion from Day 1 of the #2025 PST Conference featuring Bill Caram, Alan K. Mayberry and Massoud Tahamtani. Happening now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
#2025PST Conference Livestream - Day 1
YouTube video by Pipeline Safety Trust
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November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Stream our Town Hall discussion from Day 1 of the #2025 PST Conference featuring Bill Caram, Alan K. Mayberry and Massoud Tahamtani. Happening now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
Stream the #2025PST Conference tomorrow morning at 7:30 am Central Standard Time!
This year's theme is Prioritizing Safety During Accelerated Energy Development and Deregulation.
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This year's theme is Prioritizing Safety During Accelerated Energy Development and Deregulation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
#2025PST Conference Livestream - Day 1
YouTube video by Pipeline Safety Trust
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Stream the #2025PST Conference tomorrow morning at 7:30 am Central Standard Time!
This year's theme is Prioritizing Safety During Accelerated Energy Development and Deregulation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
This year's theme is Prioritizing Safety During Accelerated Energy Development and Deregulation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMT...
Nevada has shown what’s possible when regulators take pipeline safety seriously. Here’s where they’re leading the way on safety:
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Nevada has shown what’s possible when regulators take pipeline safety seriously. Here’s where they’re leading the way on safety:
Former San Bruno, California Mayor Jim Ruane speaks about the Sept. 9, 2010 disaster that claimed 8 lives in their city.
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Former San Bruno, California Mayor Jim Ruane speaks about the Sept. 9, 2010 disaster that claimed 8 lives in their city.
It’s 2010 - Talmadge Creek, Marshall, Michigan. On Sunday, July 25, an Enbridge pipeline ruptures and more than one million gallons of crude oil surge down Talmadge and into the Kalamazoo. The event becomes one of the worst inland oil spills of all time.
tinyurl.com/PSMSblog
tinyurl.com/PSMSblog
October 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s 2010 - Talmadge Creek, Marshall, Michigan. On Sunday, July 25, an Enbridge pipeline ruptures and more than one million gallons of crude oil surge down Talmadge and into the Kalamazoo. The event becomes one of the worst inland oil spills of all time.
tinyurl.com/PSMSblog
tinyurl.com/PSMSblog
We must do more for pipeline safety.
Attend the 2025 PST Conference in New Orleans on Nov. 13 and 14 to join the conversation. Register at the link below.
pstrust.org/2025-confere...
Attend the 2025 PST Conference in New Orleans on Nov. 13 and 14 to join the conversation. Register at the link below.
pstrust.org/2025-confere...
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We must do more for pipeline safety.
Attend the 2025 PST Conference in New Orleans on Nov. 13 and 14 to join the conversation. Register at the link below.
pstrust.org/2025-confere...
Attend the 2025 PST Conference in New Orleans on Nov. 13 and 14 to join the conversation. Register at the link below.
pstrust.org/2025-confere...
The Pipeline Safety Trust works hard to make each conference a place where people in power listen, and community voices drive the conversation around pipeline safety.
It is not too late to register for the 2025 PST Conference, November 13-14, in New Orleans!
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It is not too late to register for the 2025 PST Conference, November 13-14, in New Orleans!
pstrust.org/pipeline-saf...
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Pipeline Safety Trust works hard to make each conference a place where people in power listen, and community voices drive the conversation around pipeline safety.
It is not too late to register for the 2025 PST Conference, November 13-14, in New Orleans!
pstrust.org/pipeline-saf...
It is not too late to register for the 2025 PST Conference, November 13-14, in New Orleans!
pstrust.org/pipeline-saf...
"He said that with the recent confirmation of PHMSA administrator Paul Roberti, who has significant regulatory experience, the Pipeline Safety Trust is hopeful for a “balanced approach.
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New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
insideclimatenews.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"He said that with the recent confirmation of PHMSA administrator Paul Roberti, who has significant regulatory experience, the Pipeline Safety Trust is hopeful for a “balanced approach.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
October 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“With federal safety rules on carbon dioxide pipelines eliminated and no replacements in sight, it will be up to states to keep communities safe, said Caram of Pipeline Safety Trust.”
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California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans
States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.
www.exxonknews.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“With federal safety rules on carbon dioxide pipelines eliminated and no replacements in sight, it will be up to states to keep communities safe, said Caram of Pipeline Safety Trust.”
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
15 Years Since the San Bruno Pipeline Tragedy – Has Safety Improved?
This tragedy spurred major reforms in pipeline safety. Our webinar panel will discuss what has changed, what hasn’t, and what’s still needed to keep communities safe.
Register at: tinyurl.com/sanbruno15
This tragedy spurred major reforms in pipeline safety. Our webinar panel will discuss what has changed, what hasn’t, and what’s still needed to keep communities safe.
Register at: tinyurl.com/sanbruno15
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
15 Years Since the San Bruno Pipeline Tragedy – Has Safety Improved?
This tragedy spurred major reforms in pipeline safety. Our webinar panel will discuss what has changed, what hasn’t, and what’s still needed to keep communities safe.
Register at: tinyurl.com/sanbruno15
This tragedy spurred major reforms in pipeline safety. Our webinar panel will discuss what has changed, what hasn’t, and what’s still needed to keep communities safe.
Register at: tinyurl.com/sanbruno15
LNG facilities are rapidly increasing in the United States, bringing with them increased risk of incidents, with any safety failures falling heavily on nearby communities. Yet these facilities are still governed by regulations written decades ago.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
LNG facilities are rapidly increasing in the United States, bringing with them increased risk of incidents, with any safety failures falling heavily on nearby communities. Yet these facilities are still governed by regulations written decades ago.
pstrust.org/lng-expansio...
pstrust.org/lng-expansio...
“Bill Caram, executive director of the group Pipeline Safety Trust, said the nonprofit looks forward to working with Roberti on bolstering pipeline safety.”
E&E News: PHMSA gets first confirmed head since 2021
The Senate voted 51-47 Thursday to confirm Paul Roberti as the pipeline safety agency’s new administrator.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Bill Caram, executive director of the group Pipeline Safety Trust, said the nonprofit looks forward to working with Roberti on bolstering pipeline safety.”
After that incident, advocates and pipeline safety experts pushed for updated regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...
thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...
In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens
Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
thelensnola.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After that incident, advocates and pipeline safety experts pushed for updated regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...
thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...
On September 13th, 2018, a chain of gas explosions occurred throughout Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts. As a result of this disaster, 30,000 residents were evacuated, 131 structures were damaged, 22 individuals were hospitalized, and 18-year-old Leonel Rondon lost his life.
September 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
On September 13th, 2018, a chain of gas explosions occurred throughout Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts. As a result of this disaster, 30,000 residents were evacuated, 131 structures were damaged, 22 individuals were hospitalized, and 18-year-old Leonel Rondon lost his life.
Pipeline Safety Trust is “appreciative of the authors’ efforts to improve CO2 pipeline safety in California, but there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure communities are safe from these pipelines,” McKay added.
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POLITICO Pro: California’s carbon pipeline moratorium may end next year
Legislation heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom would require new safety regulations from the state fire marshal.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Pipeline Safety Trust is “appreciative of the authors’ efforts to improve CO2 pipeline safety in California, but there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure communities are safe from these pipelines,” McKay added.
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