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FAILURE FOR GIANT OIL TRAIN SCHEME IN VANCOUVER (WASHINGTON)

02/02/18
Author: 
Eric de Place and Clark Williams-Derry
Link: 
Sightline Institute
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Category: 
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
USA
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Proposed BC oil transport regulations a wake-up call for Kinder Morgan

30/01/18
Link: 
West Coast Environmental Law

January 30, 2018

VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – West Coast Environmental Law applauds a new provincial plan announced today to restrict the transportation of diluted bitumen in BC unless the science shows that spills can safely be cleaned up. A proposed regulation limiting increased bitumen shipments by pipeline or rail is a welcome safety measure for the environment and public health, say the environmental lawyers, and an important warning for Kinder Morgan if it continues to pursue its Trans Mountain pipeline and tankers project.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
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B.C. announces oil transportation restrictions that could affect Kinder Morgan

30/01/18
Author: 
Jenny Uechi
Link: 
National Observer

The B.C. government has introduced new oil spill regulations that include restrictions on transportation until "the behaviour of spilled bitumen can be better understood."

The measures announced Tuesday could complicate Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan's plan to expand its Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
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Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster Was Avoidable Corporate Crime

29/10/17
Author: 
Justin Mikulka
Link: 
Desmog Canada

Oct 24, 2017 - Damning new testimony from an engineer of the locomotive involved in the deadly 2013 oil train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Canada, reveals several ways corporate cost-cutting directly led to the accident, which claimed 47 lives.

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Category: 
Canada
Oil by Rail
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Dozens of actors, musicians and artists give their support to 150 Nations and Tribes standing against tar sands pipelines/expansion

17/10/17
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

Dozens of actors, musicians and artists give their support to 150 Nations and Tribes standing against tar sands pipelines/expansion

 

Category: 
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
USA
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Investors rushing to secure drilling rights for cheap alternative to oil sands

07/10/17
Author: 
Robert Tuttle
Link: 
The Globe and Mail

Oct 3, 2017 - There's a land grab quietly taking place in a little-known corner of the Alberta oil sands.

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Category: 
Alberta
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
Tar Sands
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Five Handy Facts About the Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban

13/05/17
Author: 
Carol Linnitt
Link: 
Desmog Canada

May12, 2017 -  A bill to restrict the movement of oil off the north coast of British Columbia has been formally tabled by the federal government in the House of Commons, according to a statement released by Transport Canada Friday.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
Tar Sands
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Shell Exits Tar Sands, Canadian Control Rises

10/03/17
Author: 
Deborah Jaremko
Link: 
jwn.energy.com

[Webpage editor's note: Notwithstanding the false description of Imperial Oil as a Canadian company this article notes a significant shift.  More of the climate vandalism underway is by Canadian corporations.]

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Category: 
Alberta
Canada
Oil by Rail
Tar Sands
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Extracted Carbon: Re-examining Canada’s contribution to climate

26/01/17
Author: 
Marc Lee
Link: 
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Category: 
Alberta
Canada
Carbon pricing
Climate Science
Energy
Labour - Unions
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
Tar Sands
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Pipeline report glosses over opposition

04/11/16
Author: 
Wilderness Committee
Link: 
Wilderness Committee
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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Oil by Rail
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