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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 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHot SpotsJobsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
NEB Sidesteps ‘Significant’ Impacts, Recommends Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval
Canada’s National Energy Board is recommending federal cabinet re-approval of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion despite its likely “significant” environmental and climate impacts, ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsHuman Rights & MigrationPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Pro-Pipeline Convoy Delivers Toxic Mixed Message as White Nationalists Take Centre Stage
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer welcomed pro-pipeline protesters to Parliament Hill and white nationalist Faith Goldy told Indigenous protesters to go back where they came ... -
Retired B.C. Lawyer Risks 28-Day Sentence to Invoke Necessity Defence for Pipeline Protest
A retired lawyer from Vancouver is risking a 28-day prison sentence to test the necessity defence as a legal strategy to block fossil projects ... -
Fort McMurray Adopts 75-Kilometre Ban on Fly-In/Fly-Out Work Camps
Staring down fierce opposition from tar sands/oil sands companies, councilors from Fort McMurray and the surrounding region have voted to impose a moratorium on ... -
Trans Mountain’s ‘Amateur Hour’ Work Destroys River Habitat, Endangers Salmon
Federally-owned Trans Mountain Corporation’s “amateur hour” work on the Stewart Creek river crossing in Chilliwack, British Columbia has destroyed habitat and will reduce food ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Six Pipelines, Assorted Tax Breaks Lead Fossil Wish List as Alberta Election Approaches
Government support for six new tar sands/oil sands pipelines and four major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, along with assorted tax cuts and regulatory ...
