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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 ... -
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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 ... -
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CN, Alberta First Nation Plan Pilot Plant to Produce ‘Bitumen Pucks’
CN Rail and the Heart Lake First Nation northeast of Edmonton are planning to build a pilot plant this year to produce “bitumen pucks”, ... -
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Buck: Albertans Are Frustrated, but Pipeline Protesters Aren’t Singling Them Out
A singular focus on pipeline politics and carbon pricing may be distracting from all the other steps Canada must also take to reduce its ... -
Fossil-Funded Pipeline Convoy Folds, Leaving Supremacist-Affiliated Yellow Vests in Charge
One of the two dueling convoys sending pro-pipeline protesters to Ottawa has folded. The announcement Monday by fossil-funded Canada Action leaves the route along ... -
Two Separate Convoys, Arrival of White Supremacists Cloud Alberta Fossils’ Pipeline Protest
The vaunted protest convoy that fossil interests in Alberta and Saskatchewan are vowing to send to Ottawa in February is still more than a ... -
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TransCanada Plans June Construction Start for Keystone XL Pipeline
TransCanada Corporation is hoping to start construction on the Keystone XL pipeline in June, with the aim of bringing it online in early 2021. -
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Ottawa Set to Lose Money on Trans Mountain Purchase as Morneau Accused of Obscuring Costs
Canada’s purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline from Houston-based Kinder Morgan Ltd. may be costing taxpayers more in interest charges than the high-touted revenue ... -
Trudeau Defends Pipeline Decision, Lectures Project Opponent at AFN Chiefs’ Assembly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lectured a Trans Mountain pipeline opponent on respect and “process” yesterday, in an unscripted exchange during the Assembly of First ... -
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Line 5 Pipeline Runs into Deadline Pressure, Legal Jeopardy as Michigan Governor Leaves Office
Enbridge’s controversial plan to replace the aging Line 5 pipeline with a US$500-million tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan and Ontario is ... -
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Montana Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline
In what InsideClimate News is calling a “striking victory for environmental advocates” who’ve spent more than a decade fighting the project, a federal judge ... -
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With 155,000 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Albertans Bear the Clean-Up Costs
Hot on the heels of National Observer’s report last week that clean-up costs in Alberta’s oilpatch could hit C$260 billion, a new investigation by ... -
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‘Weak Financial Case’ Makes Teck Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project Unlikely to Succeed: IEEFA
Teck Resources Ltd.’s C$20.6-billion tar sands/oil sands megaproject in Alberta is unlikely to be commercially viable, offering “a weak financial case with little chance ...
