Oil - Pipelines

01/02/16
Author: 
Ricardo Acuna

[Webpage editor's note: A fine example of evading the cardinal issue of emissions and climate change]

31/01/16
Author: 
Shawn McCarthy
Patricia Kelly, left, of the Sto:lo First Nation, marches with Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, right, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, to a protest outside National Energy Board hearings on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Burnaby, B.C., on Jan. 19, 2016. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

The Liberal plan to instill confidence in environmental assessments for pipeline megaprojects was panned Thursday by several First Nations groups as well as the mayor of Burnaby, B.C., who accused the federal government of being captured by the oil industry.

31/01/16
Author: 
David J Climenhaga

Has the Alberta NDP just had itsSyriza moment?

Is Alberta dominated by the oil industry the same way Greece is dominated by the Eurozone?

To many of the Alberta governing party's long-time supporters it may seem so tonight.

Syriza, as readers will recall, was the leftist coalition led by Alexis Tsipras, elected to govern Greece in January 2015 by vowing to fight Eurozone austerity. Something changed, and in the end Prime Minister Tsipras and his party embraced the European Union's brutal austerity.

31/01/16
Author: 
Ian Bruce and Karel Mayrand
Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray Photograph by: MARK RALSTON , Calgary Herald

Albertans don’t need to be reminded that an economy built largely on oil extraction isn’t always smooth sailing. Amid 2009’s great recession, Alberta shed over 17,000 jobs, flatlining for most of 2010 before roaring back in 2011 with more than 100,000 new jobs. The job losses of 2015 — 19,600, according to Statistics Canada — are yet another bust in a boom-and-bust cycle that fractures communities.

30/01/16
Author: 
Geoffrey Morgan and Yadullah Hussain

The Alberta government’s $3 million royalty review, which had the energy industry tied in knots for months, turned out to be an expensive lesson.

29/01/16
Author: 
Scott Vrooman

Despite what the comedian says, Canada doesn't need the Energy East pipeline. What it needs is an economy for the 21st century.

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29/01/16
Author: 
Mychaylo Prystupa
Canada's minister of the environment and climate change Catherine McKenna at the COP21 climate summit in Paris, France in December. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa.

Does ignoring downstream impacts export Canada's responsibilities?

 

 

The Trudeau government's newly announced reforms to pipeline environmental assessments still fail to consider the impact of almost 90 per cent of resulting greenhouse gas emissions, climate experts have told The Tyee.

The government announced a new interim assessment regime Wednesday, saying it will restore public confidence in much-criticized National Energy Board reviews.

28/01/16
Author: 
ROBERT TUTTLE and JEREMY VAN LOON

A handful of anti-pipeline activists with lock cutters and the will to get arrested have become Canadian oil producers’ newest hurdle to delivering crude to markets.

28/01/16
Author: 
David Suzuki
David Suzuki

With the December Paris climate agreement, leaders and experts from around the world showed that they overwhelmingly accept that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world has continued to increase fossil fuel use, the need to curb and reduce emissions is urgent.

28/01/16
Author: 
Mike De Souza
stacks of pipes

Outdated computer systems, inaccurate information and confusion within Canada’s national pipeline regulator is putting public safety and the environment at risk, warns a new audit tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

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