Oil - Pipelines

Another New Northern BC Pipeline???!!!!

12/09/22

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Matt Simmons

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$Enbridge's little-known northern B.C. pipeline would transport up to 8.4 billion cubic feet of fracked gas daily. The company is seeking an amendment that would shorten its route and avoid Blueberry River First Nations territory, and considering a request for an extension that would keep the project in play until 2029. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal$

Sept. 8, 2022

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A map of Newfoundland and Labrador's tsunami of offshore oil plans

07/09/22

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John Woodside & Cloe Logan

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National Observer

Sept. 7, 2022

Deep under the choppy waters off Newfoundland and Labrador’s coast lies the key to the province's financial future: billions of barrels of oil it hopes will be extracted over the coming years.

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Global emissions implications of continuing to increase Canada’s oil production

04/09/22

Author:

Gooderham Nathan

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Gooderham Nathan Climate Action

[Web page editor: Read this exposure of the Canadian government's duplicity on emissions.]

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'The Insanity Continues': Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Nearly Doubled in 2021

03/09/22

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Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

People look at a coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany on October 29, 2021. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sept. 1, 2022

"Fossil fuel subsidies are a roadblock to a more sustainable future," said the head of the International Energy Agency.

An analysis published this week found that government subsidies bolstering the production and consumption of coal, oil, and gas nearly doubled in 2021, even as climate scientists warned that fossil fuel development must be rapidly cut off if the international community is to have any hope of stopping runaway planetary warming.

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Fossils Dismiss Federal Emissions Cap as ‘Aggressive’, ‘Unrealistic’

30/08/22

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Compiled by Mitchell Beer

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The Energy Mix

Aug. 7, 2022

Canada’s biggest fossil companies are lining up to dismiss the federal government’s new emissions cap for their sector as “very aggressive” and “almost unrealistic”, even as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault hastens to offer them flexibility and an extended deadline to hit the long-awaited target.

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Energy regulator gives Trans Mountain a ‘break’ on possible oil spill costs, say MPs, environmentalists

24/08/22

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Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Trans Mountain will not have to come up with an additional $1.1 billion to cover the cleanup cost of possible oil spills from TMX, the Canada Energy Regulator has decided. Photo by Jesse Winter / Canada's National Observer

Aug. 23, 2022

Trans Mountain will not have to come up with an additional $1.1 billion to cover the cleanup cost of possible oil spills from its expansion project, the Canada Energy Regulator has decided.

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Baldrey vs. Appadurai—he’s baffled by her aggressively progressive NDP leadership campaign

21/08/22

Author:

Martyn Brown

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The Straight

Anjali Appadurai is not only seeking the B.C. NDP leadership, she's trying to steer her party back on a more progressive course.

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MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

15/08/22

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Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

A dead salmon is photographed in the Coquihalla River near a Trans Mountain worksite. Photo by Kate Tairyan

Aug. 12, 2022

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning. The call comes after environmental group Protect the Planet documented salmon dying near a Trans Mountain worksite in Hope, B.C., last week.

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