Oil - Pipelines

Trudeau promised a transition strategy for oil-and-gas workers, now it’s rarely mentioned

07/06/21
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
Roughnecks operate a drilling rig for Crescent Point Energy near Oungre, Saskatchewan on June 20, 2012. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to create a strategy to retrain oil-and-gas workers in the 2019; however, since the election, the issue is rarely mentioned, despite projections that up to 450,000 jobs in the sector could be lost. STAFF/REUTERS

Jun 7, 2021.

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Natural Resources sees itself as oil industry’s “champion in government,” documents reveal

05/06/21
Author: 
Martin Lukacs
Link: 
The Breach
Natural Resources Canada is located in the Sir William Logan Building in Ottawa, Canada.

June 4 2021

Experts warn Minister O’Regan’s “boost” to industry may be skewing Canada’s approach to climate crisis

Canada’s Department of Natural Resources is acting as a “champion” for the oil and gas industry, intervening in the work of other federal departments to advocate for less regulation of the beleaguered sector, according to documents seen by The Breach.

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Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL

04/06/21
Author: 
Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press
Link: 
Lethbridge News Now
Oil pipes
Jun 4, 2021 | 2:08 AM

OTTAWA — Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL.

The query was posed in a briefing note from Natural Resources Canada and released to The Canadian Press under federal access-to-information legislation.

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Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project

04/06/21
Author: 
Canadian Press
Link: 
Burnaby Now
TMX pipeline work

June. 3, 2021

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was issued Thursday by the Canada Energy Regulator, the agency that enforces safety and environmental guidelines for pipeline projects across Canada.

A statement released by the CER said it issued the order to immediately stop all clearing activity "to prevent harm to nesting birds in the pipeline project’s right of way and to ensure Trans Mountain is correcting any issues it has in relation to contractor oversight and management." 

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Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange

01/06/21
Author: 
Ruth Walmsley
Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange
May 31, 2021
Today, the Prayer Circle and allies held off TMX work for an entire day at Brunette Interchange!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support. We arrived at 6:15am to find no workers or security around, and were able to easily access the site. Some security and/or workers were spotted throughout the day, but it was fairly uneventful until 4pm when 7 RCMP cruisers pulled up. We were read the injunction, and chose to leave and not be arrested. 
 
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Biden’s Fossil Fuel Moves Clash With Pledges on Climate Change

30/05/21
Author: 
Lisa Friedman
Link: 
New York Times
Caribou calves in the Utukok uplands in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.Credit...Patrick Endres/ Design Pics Inc., via Alamy

WASHINGTON — Despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut the pollution from fossil fuels that is driving climate change, his administration has quietly taken actions this month that will guarantee the drilling and burning of oil and gas for decades to come.

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Repaying our climate debt

27/05/21
Author: 
Aaron Saad
Link: 
Ricochet Media
Photo: Abandoned oil drilling platform near the coast of Namibia. (fiverlocker / Flickr
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Unifor Supports 60% Emissions Cut WITH a Just Transition

25/05/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Installing solar panels - Greens MPs/Flickr

UNIFOR CALLS FOR 60% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2030 WITH JUST TRANSITION FOR OIL AND GAS WORKERS

MAY 24, 2021

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SHOULD WE BLOW UP PIPELINES? Once again on sabotage and climate change

23/05/21
Author: 
Lars Henriksson
Link: 
Climate and Capitalism
Pipeline blow up

May 22, 2021

The choice between well-behaved protests and sabotage is incorrectly posed

Last month, Simon Butler reviewed How to Blow Up a Pipeline for Climate & Capitalism. We don’t normally publish two reviews of the same book, but we think this article makes a substantial contribution to the discussion.

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Group that got Trans Mountain logging blocked in Burnaby over birds looks to expand

19/05/21
Author: 
Chris Campbell
Link: 
Burnaby Now
This Anna's Hummingbird was spotted near where Trans Mountain crews are working to clear the way for a pipeline. Donna Clark

May 13, 2021

A fundraising campaign has been started

A group that pushed the federal government into halting logging in Burnaby due to risks to bird nests is now fundraising to expand its network.

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