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    • 1.5°C Is Doable Without Controversial Carbon Capture Technique, New Study Concludes

      April 19, 2018
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    • Calgary Will Let Homeowners Finance Energy Efficiency Through Property Taxes

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    • Technician Course in Texas Has Students ‘Climbing Wind Turbines to the Middle ...

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    • Shell’s ‘Low-Carbon’ Future: Extract Fossil Reserves Before They Become Stranded Assets

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    Path to a Strong Economy ‘Paved with Strong Climate Policies’, Climate Hawks Assert

    Full Story: The Hill Times @TheHillTimes

    April 18, 2018
    Primary Author Tim Gray @CanadaGray and Catherine Abreu @cat_abreu
    April 18, 2018
    The Canadian politicians now negotiating to mollify Kinder Morgan investors by buying a $7.4-billion pipeline are right that the country can take action on ...
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  • CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"COP 21/COP 22/COP 23Economic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Pipeline Roundup: Criminal Charges, Provincial Posturing, Kinder Morgan’s Endgame, and Ottawa Investing in ‘Zombie Infrastructure’

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    April 18, 2018
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 18, 2018
    Over the last two days…More than two dozen pipeline protesters arrested at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby Mountain construction site learned Monday they might face criminal ...
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    Ottawa Opens Talks with Kinder Morgan, Promises Legislation to ‘Remove Uncertainty’ on Trans Mountain Pipeline

    Full Story: CTV News @CTVNews

    April 15, 2018
    Primary Author The Canadian Press @CdnPress
    April 15, 2018
    The federal government is in negotiations with Kinder Morgan to “remove the uncertainty” surrounding its contested Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and will soon table ...
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    Sisk: Canada Glossed Over Peer-Reviewed Science to Approve Trans Mountain, Line 3 Pipelines

    Full Story: Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun

    April 15, 2018
    Primary Author Thomas Sisk @tdsisk
    April 15, 2018
    The Prime Minister’s Office and Natural Resources Canada glossed over peer-reviewed science they had in hand when they announced approval of the Trans Mountain ...
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    Walkom: On Climate, ‘Half-Measures Only Get You Half-Way’

    Full Story: Toronto Star @TorontoStar

    April 15, 2018
    Primary Author Tom Walkom @TomWalkom
    April 15, 2018
    The climate impact of Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands production is the “deal-breaker” that should stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in its tracks, ...
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    May: ‘Choking on the Lies and Hypocrisy’ in Kinder Morgan Approval

    Full Story: Policy Magazine @policy_mag

    April 15, 2018
    Primary Author Elizabeth May @ElizabethMay
    April 15, 2018
    In a guest post for Policy Magazine, federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May takes aim at four misconceptions about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline ...
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    Deverell: Horgan is Standing Up for the National Interest

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    April 15, 2018
    Primary Author Frances Deverell @FrancesDeverell
    April 15, 2018
    As I write, the country is in a frenzy over the Kinder Morgan decision to stop investment in the pipeline from Alberta, through B.C., ...
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    Tar Sands/Oil Sands Waste Could Deliver Vanadium for Batteries

    Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

    April 12, 2018
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    Exclusive: Outside the Bitumen Bubble

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    April 10, 2018
    Primary Author Paul McKay
    April 10, 2018
    Despite new ultimatums from Ottawa, Alberta, and Kinder Morgan, take a deep breath, Premier Horgan. Hold your ground. Follow the molecules, not the money. ...
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    Birds Adjust Mating Calls Near Noisy Alberta Oilfields

    Full Story: The Independent @Independent

    April 10, 2018
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    April 10, 2018
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    BREAKING: Kinder Morgan Suspends ‘Non-Essential’ Work, Sets May 31 Ultimatum for B.C.

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    April 9, 2018
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 9, 2018
    Kinder Morgan’s decision yesterday to suspend “non-essential” work on its controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion “is the correct and appropriate economic decision” for shareholders ...
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    Banks’ Fossil Investment Rises 11% in 2017, Tar Sands/Oil Sands Finance Up 111%

    Full Story: Sierra Club @SierraClub

    April 8, 2018
    Primary Author Katherine Wei
    April 8, 2018
    Private banks around the world, including all of Canada’s “Big Five”, are ramping up their fossil fuel investment and “backsliding” on the goals of ...
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    Fossil Recovery Won’t Bring ‘Huge Spike’ in Jobs

    Full Story: Rigzone @Rigzone

    April 8, 2018
    Primary Author Valerie Jones @rz_careernews
    April 8, 2018
    With the fossil industry largely in recovery—and the Trudeau government under intense pressure to amp up its support for new fossil infrastructure—North Americans had ...
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    Canada, Alberta Consider Exempting New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Projects from Impact Assessment

    Full Story: Globe and Mail @globeandmail

    April 5, 2018
    Primary Author Shawn McCarthy @smccarthy55
    April 5, 2018
    The Canadian and Alberta governments are looking at ways to exempt many new tar sands/oil sands projects from review under revised federal environmental assessment ...
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    Canada’s Oil Export Capacity Still Constrained by 2017 Keystone Pipeline Spill

    Full Story: JWN Energy @JWNenergy

    April 5, 2018
    Primary Author Deborah Jaremko @JWN_Deborah
    April 5, 2018
    With Canadian heavy oil companies continually complaining about a lack of pipeline volume to export their product, a new research note by industry analysts ...
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