Oil - Pipelines

4 Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipelines Pose a Threat to Water Resources

04/08/17

Author:

Tim Donaghy

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A new analysis from Greenpeace USA finds that the three companies proposing to build tar sands pipelines have a legacy of pipeline spills, and that tar sands pipelines pose a threat to water resources.

[Map of 373 U.S. hazardous liquids pipelines spills from 2010 to present for TransCanada (green), Kinder Morgan (purple) and Enbridge (blue). Available online at greenpeace.carto.com. Data: PHMSA & EIA. see original article]

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Canada

Oil - Pipelines

USA

Oil exploration blocked in watershed Supreme Court ruling on Indigenous rights

26/07/17

Author:

Greenpeace staff

From: Jessica Wilson <jessica.wilson@greenpeace.org>
Date: Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:32 AM
Subject: [km_strategy] Some additional info on today's two Supreme Court of Canada rulings
To: "<km_strategy@googlegroups.com>" <km_strategy@googlegroups.com>

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

Oil - Pipelines

Police arrest protesters at Richmond oil facility

26/07/17

Author:

Kathleen Kirkwood

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East Bay Times

RICHMOND – Police arrested two protesters blocking a gate at the Kinder Morgan Terminal in Richmond on Monday morning, during a demonstration against the company’s planned expansion of the Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline in Canada. After the arrests at about 10 a.m., two other gates were still blocked at the facility on Canal Boulevard, but police said they would not be taking any others into custody. Early Monday, about a dozen protesters had secured themselves to oil barrels and had 12-foot-long mock

RICHMOND – Police arrested two protesters blocking a gate at the Kinder Morgan Terminal in Richmond on Monday orning, during a demonstration against the company’s planned expansion of the Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline in Canada.

After the arrests at about 10 a.m., two other gates were still blocked at the facility on Canal Boulevard, but police said they would not be taking any others into custody.

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British Columbia

Oil - Pipelines

USA

Police arrest protesters at Richmond oil facility

26/07/17

Author:

Kathleen Kirkwood

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East Bay Times

After the arrests at about 10 a.m., two other gates were still blocked at the facility on Canal Boulevard, but police said they would not be taking any others into custody.

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British Columbia

Oil - Pipelines

USA

Who's banking on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline?

22/07/17

Author:

Tucker McLachlan & Chris Hatch

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National Observer

Shady Hafez, an advocate for Indigenous land rights from Kitigan Zibi, addresses a crowd protesting TD Bank's financial dealings with the Dakota Access and Kinder Morgan pipelines in Ottawa on April 8, 2017. Photo By Alex Tétreault

Canada's "big five" banks are the largest backers of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project, according to the company's financial documents.

In total, 26 banks from Canada, the United States, Japan, Europe, and China have committed about $7.25 billion through a combination of share purchases and loans.

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Canada

Oil - Pipelines

Climate warrior? Champion of 'Big Oil'? Canada's leader wants to be both.

22/07/17

Author:

Brian Mann

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PRI

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the signing ceremony on climate change at the UN in 2016. Trudeau has committed Canada to steep reductions in carbon pollution, while pushing to expand tar sands oil production. Credit: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

For a lot of Americans these days, Justin Trudeau is the anti-Donald Trump, especially on things like climate change.

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Supreme Court to rule on historic Indigenous rights case on Wednesday July 26

20/07/17

Author:

Loujain Kurdi

Supreme Court to rule on historic Indigenous rights case on Wednesday July 26

20 July 2017 (OTTAWA) — Canada’s Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on the landmark Indigenous rights case Hamlet of Clyde River et al. v. Petroleum Geo-Services Inc. (PGS) et. al. next Wednesday, deciding whether or not it will allow a highly controversial oil exploration project in the Canadian Arctic to proceed against Inuit opposition.

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B.C. wildfires hit lumber mills, get close to Kinder Morgan pipeline

11/07/17

Author:

Danielle Bochove and Natalie Obiko Pearson

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The Globe and Mail

Wildfires in British Columbia have forced Canadian lumber mills to shut and were edging closer to a Kinder Morgan Inc. oil pipeline as hot, dry weather sparked blazes across swathes of western Canada and the U.S.

Norbord Inc., the largest North American producer of oriented strand board used in residential construction, said Monday it has temporarily suspended production at its mill in 100 Mile House in central B.C. The Toronto-based company, which has 440 million square feet of annual production capacity, said it’s assessing the fire’s impact.

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British Columbia

Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

Desjardins Bank Suspends Lending for Energy Pipelines

10/07/17

Author:

Ethan Lou

Link:

Financial Post

July 10, 2017 - Canadian lender Desjardins is considering no longer funding energy pipelines, a spokesman said Saturday, citing concerns about the impact such projects may have on the environment.

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