Power lines criss-cross the Arkansas Delta near the Plum Point Energy Station (coal plant) near Osceola.The Mid-South is where the energy funnel to coastal refineries and export terminals begins to narrow. The region is a web of pipelines, heavy rail and interstates with the Mississippi River running right through the middle. The explosion in new extractive technologies is flooding the aging infrastructure, stressing pipelines and rail cars with products more volatile and harder to remedy than conventional oil. Sharing information regionally moves from “downright friendly” to “downright crucial”. The folks in Mayflower, Arkansas know a lot about pipeline ruptures and spilled tar sands oil. Over a year after a major spill they’re still getting sick and Exxon is pushing to restart the sixty-year old Pegasus Pipeline. People in Aliceville, Alabama know a lot about the dangers of transporting shale oil by rail. They saw the inferno of a derailment from ten miles away and tributaries to the Tom Bigbee river system still shine with floating oil. Residents in Kingston, Tennessee know firsthand the dangers of coal ash >read more>Our approach to energy development
