Pipelines/Rail Transport
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Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Trans Mountain Opponents Gear Up as NEB Launches 22-Week Review
Pipeline fighters are gearing up for another round and questioning just how much meaningful engagement the Trudeau government expects to deliver, following Natural Resources ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportWater
NEB Sees No ‘Immediate Danger’ in Hundreds of Faulty Pipeline Fittings
Hundreds of steel fittings currently in use in major Canadian pipelines are at risk of swelling or breaking if they’re put under enough pressure, ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Scrambles to Square LNG Development with GHG Reductions as Investment Decision Nears
As a group of investors led by Royal Dutch Shell moves toward a final investment decision on the massive, C$40-billion LNG Canada liquefied natural ... -
ChinaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Exploding Pipeline in Pennsylvania Ties Plastics Manufacturing to Fracked Natural Gas
A natural gas pipeline that exploded outside Pittsburgh earlier this month, just a week after it went into service, is part of a multi-billion-dollar ... -
CN, CP Go on Hiring Spree as Oil-By-Rail Shipments Hit New Record
Canadian freight rail companies CN and CP are on a “hiring spree” to keep up with oil-by-rail demand that hit a record 200,000 barrels ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
Ottawa Weighs Hiring Retired Judge to Guide Trans Mountain Consultations While Kinder Morgan Plots Canadian Asset Sale
While Houston-based Kinder Morgan made moves to sell off the last of its Canadian assets, federal sources say the Trudeau government—Kinder Morgan’s C$4.5-billion benefactor ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Media, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon Transition
42 Order of Canada Recipients Exhort Trudeau to Scrap Trans Mountain
Taking to heart and mind the motto of the Order of Canada—They Desire a Better Country—42 British Columbia-based recipients of the prestigious award have ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Human Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Shadowy Private Intelligence Firm Helps Fossils, Federal Government Monitor Pipeline Activists
A shady private intelligence firm that “promises to help oil and gas operators mitigate the threat posed by an increasingly sophisticated activist movement”, and ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Toxic Bitumen Export Corridor’ Exposes Salish Sea to Unacceptable Risk, Officials Tell Trudeau
Citing the recent death of a killer whale calf as “our canary in a coal mine,” elected officials from a number of Salish Sea ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Even Brief Exposure to Diluted Bitumen Doesn’t End Well for Sockeye Salmon Eggs
Even brief exposure to diluted bitumen significantly impairs the development and survival of sockeye salmon eggs, according to a new paper in the journal ...
