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Construction on Cross-Border Segment of Keystone XL to Begin in April
Construction on the 1.9-kilometre segment of the contested Keystone XL pipeline that crosses the Canada-U.S. border is set to begin in April, according to ... -
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Supreme Court Rejects B.C.’s Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected British Columbia’s challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, concluding that the province’s bid to regulate ... -
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Decision on Teck Frontier Mega-Mine Will Test Canada’s Climate Action Commitment
The massive Teck Frontier tar sands/oil sands mine in Alberta is emerging as an early test of the re-elected Trudeau government’s climate commitment, with ... -
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Alberta Fossils Aim to Push More Oil Through the Same Pipes
With the three new pipelines they’ve been counting on all delayed, Alberta fossils are looking to at least two new strategies to push more ... -
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Federally-Owned Trans Mountain Takes Criticism for Surveillance on Indigenous Opponents
In a move that legal experts are condemning as a disquieting disregard for the democratic rights of assembly and free expression, federally-owned Trans Mountain ... -
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Ecojustice Challenges ‘Partisan Political Purposes’ Behind Alberta’s Foreign Funding Inquiry
Environmental law charity Ecojustice has filed a legal challenge against the Kenney government’s C$2.5-million commission on supposed “foreign-funded radicals” opposing the Alberta fossil industry, ... -
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Trans Mountain Subsidies Hit $320 Million in First Six Months of 2019
The Trans Mountain pipeline took home C$320 million in direct and indirect subsidies in the first six months of the years that were not ... -
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Absence of Other Choices Drives Indigenous Role in Oil and Gas
The potent power of oil and gas is dividing Indigenous communities in western Canada, with one side championing the industry as the only available ... -
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New Alberta-New Brunswick Pipeline Proposal Aims to ‘Succeed Where Energy East Failed’
A Montreal-based company is proposing to build a C$23-billion pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick that it says can succeed where the controversial Energy ... -
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Squamish Nation Urges ‘Extensive and Deep’ Consultations as B.C. Court Sends Trans Mountain Back for Provincial Review
The Squamish Nation celebrated a limited victory yesterday in its fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, after the provincial Court of Appeal ruled ... -
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Kenney’s ‘Foreign Influence’ Probe Draws Criticism from All Sides
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is under fire from all sides, after unveiling details of a taxpayer-funded investigation of supposed foreign-funded pipeline opposition that includes ... -
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Trans Mountain Wouldn’t Respond Fast Enough to Burnaby Mountain Tank Farm Fire, Federal Regulator Concludes
Trans Mountain Corporation won’t be able to respond fast enough if one of the bitumen storage tanks in its massive Burnaby Mountain tank farm ... -
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Bold Nebraska, Ponca Tribe Undeterred as State Supreme Court Approves Keystone XL Route
Bold Nebraska, Nebraska landowners, and tribal nations are vowing to carry on their fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, after the state Supreme Court ... -
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Free Speech at Risk, Fossil Lobbyist Touts Success as Nine U.S. States Declare Pipeline Protest a Felony
Campaign groups and constitutional lawyers are raising concerns about free speech and a fossil lobbyist is bragging about his success, after nine U.S. states ... -
Environmental, Indigenous Groups Demand Insurers Withdraw Coverage for Trans Mountain Pipeline
In a series of letters issued late last month, a group of 32 environmental, Indigenous, and citizens’ organizations led by Stand.earth is demanding commitments ...
