Canada

23/02/17
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Canadians are playing a dangerous game of roulette with the climate, writes Barry Saxifrage. Image taken from Wikimedia Commons

In OpinionEnergyPolitics | February 21st 2017

#632 of 632 articles from the Special Report:Race Against Climate Change

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20/02/17
Author: 
Jennifer Saltman

 

[Wepage editors note: More evidence that the Trudeau Liberal government is 'more of the same'] 

The Massey Tunnel replacement project will not be subject to a federal environmental review, according to a letter sent to Metro Vancouver’s board of directors.

 

19/02/17
Author: 
John Tilak and David French

Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI.N) has begun talks with institutional investors including major Canadian pension funds and private equity firms to raise capital for the $6.8 billion expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline project, according to people familiar with the process.

Kinder Morgan has held discussions with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, three of the biggest Canadian pension funds, the people added. It was unclear whether these talks were continuing.

09/02/17
Author: 
Nathan Cullen
When it reaches 100,000 signatures, a debate in the House is triggered.  We're at about 90,000.  Well worth your 2 minutes to get us there:

https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-616
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06/02/17
Author: 
Sophie Harrison

“New pipelines to transition to clean energy” is Canada’s own form of climate denial

Watching Prime Minister Trudeau celebrate President Trump’s executive order reviving the Keystone XL pipeline got me thinking: how is it that our ‘progressive’ Canadian leader is siding with the climate-denying U.S. president on major fossil fuel expansion?

It’s a scary reminder that Trudeau’s recent pipeline and tanker project approvals are simply an extension of the oil patch status quo.

05/02/17
Author: 
Arie Ross

As Trump takes the wheel, U.S. thermal coal is looking for a way off the continent

The denial of a key permit by the State of Washington has left the largest proposed coal facility on the West Coast of North America high and dry. The proponents of the export terminal in Longview, Washington failed to obtain an aquatic lands sublease permit, dealing a major blow to an industry already struggling to transport U.S. thermal coal to markets in Asia.

04/02/17
Author: 
Carol Linnitt
Image: Sunken Nathan E. Stewart tug near Bella Bella, B.C. Photo: April Bencze/Heiltsuk Tribal Council

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s November proposal to ban oil tanker traffic from B.C.’s north coast received kind reception on the west coast of Canada where the Heiltusk First Nation was still busy responding to a 

31/01/17
Author: 
Ian Bickis
An aerial view of an oil pipeline spill is seen in a handout photo near Stoughton, Saskatchewan, on January 23, 2017. Clint Big Eagle says the whiff of oil permeated the frigid Saskatchewan air for about a week and a half before he decided to pull over and investigate. "The kids are all, 'It's a terrible, ugly smell. What is that?'" Big Eagle said in an interview. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada *MANDATORY CREDIT*
CALGARY – Clint Big Eagle says the whiff of oil permeated the frigid Saskatchewan air for about a week and a half before he decided to pull over and investigate.

“The kids are all, ‘It’s a terrible, ugly smell. What is that?'” Big Eagle said in an interview.

31/01/17
Author: 
Susan Bradley

Court says Aboriginal band denied important information during consultation

A Nova Scotia judge has quashed the decision by the province's environment minister to dismiss the appeal of a First Nation opposed to the Alton natural gas project.

The Sipekne'katik First Nation had argued the plan to flush out salt beds to create natural gas storage caverns near Stewiacke, and then pipe the diluted brine into the Shubenacadie River, posed a danger to the tidal waterway and its fish species.

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