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Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsHuman Rights & MigrationUnited States
Investigative Report Links Foreign Funding to Pro-Fossil Propaganda Outlet
Urgent alert to Jason Kenney and Vivian Krause! Another “foreign-funded radical” has just been identified, and the unity of our country will hang in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’? Calgary-Based Enbridge Underwrites Pro-Line 3 Advocacy Group in Minnesota
A pro-pipeline group in Minnesota that presents itself as the voice of public support for the Line 3 pipeline is little more than a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Coastal First Nations Demand Senate Passage of B.C. Tanker Ban
A coalition of nine First Nations from coastal British Columbia is demanding that unelected senators endorse the Trudeau government’s bill to ban tanker traffic ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
B.C. Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Judges’ Decision Against Trans Mountain Regulation
British Columbia is on its way to a Supreme Court of Canada appeal, after the provincial Court of Appeal ruled unanimously against its right ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Canada On Track to Re-Approve Trans Mountain, But Northern Gateway Restart Looks Unlikely
Canada is likely to re-approve the controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, but a resurrection of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline plan is not in the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Sohi Makes No Promises as Liberals Weigh Delaying Trans Mountain Pipeline Reapproval
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says there is no guarantee the federal cabinet will reapprove the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion ahead of the ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHot SpotsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
BREAKING: Emissions at Four Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mines 64% Higher Than Fossils Reported
Carbon pollution from four major tar sands/oil sands mines in northern Alberta is 64% higher than their owners reported using the United Nations' standard ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
News Analyst Hopes for ‘Less Bellicose’ Kenney as Climate Groups Prepare for the Worst [GoFundMe Campaign]
News commentary in the wake of the United Conservative Party’s decisive election win in Alberta last week is skewing in two equal and opposite ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Hot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Pipeline Opponents File Lawsuit Against Trump’s Latest Keystone XL Permit
Pipeline opponents were back in U.S. federal court last Friday, contending that Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
Long-Delayed Emergency Warning for Steelhead Trout Has Implications for Trans Mountain Pipeline
The federal government has spent more than year considering an emergency warning from scientists that pits endangered steelhead trout, and their importance to the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Hot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Trump Issues New Keystone Permit in Defiance of Montana Court Ruling
Two major oil pipelines between Canada and the United States are running into renewed legal hurdles, with Donald Trump making what appears to be ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyFirst PeoplesHot SpotsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Line 3 Gains Final Approval from Minnesota PUC
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously Tuesday to quash all remaining petitions against Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline and grant it final approval, ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsJobsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Two Alberta Projects Aim for Wider Dialogue on Energy Futures
With the Alberta election campaign taking on the look and feel of a brutally divisive, month-long political brawl, a couple of recent news reports ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Hot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
‘Outstanding’ U.S. Appeals Court Ruling Delays Keystone XL by One Year
TransCanada Corporation’s $8-billion Keystone XL pipeline faces another year of delay after a U.S. appeal court denied its “urgent” motion, backed by Donald Trump’s ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
MEG Energy Cancels Tar Sands/Oil Sands Expansion, Cites Line 3 Delay
Calgary-based MEG Energy Corporation is blaming a one-year delay in completing the controversial Line 3 pipeline for its decision to shut down expansion of ...
