Pipelines/Rail Transport
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Pressure Builds on Trans Mountain’s Biggest Insurer After Two Others Step Away [Sign-On]
Insurance companies are emerging as the latest focus in the continuing fight to stop construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline. -
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Three Projects, Three Wins: Flurry of Decisions Shows U.S. Pipelines Becoming ‘Unbuildable’
The last 48 hours have seen a dizzying series of announcements highlighting the increasingly shaky prospects for North American oil and gas pipelines, with ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
‘Toothless’ Noncompliance Order Offers Little to Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
Coastal GasLink’s willful failure to follow its own legally-mandated Wetlands Management Plan and the toothless non-compliance order subsequently issued by British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment ... -
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Biden Can Be Swayed to Support Keystone XL, Kenney Claims
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden can be swayed into supporting the Keystone XL pipeline if he enters the White House in January, Alberta ... -
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Supreme Court Dismisses Indigenous Appeal of Trans Mountain Re-Approval
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid by three British Columbia First Nations to appeal the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans ... -
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Judge Reopens Line 5, Gives Enbridge a Week to Report Safety Test Results
A county judge ruled Wednesday that Enbridge Inc. can reopen its troubled Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, despite technical concerns about possible structural problems ... -
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Line 5 Pipeline Faces Tuesday Court Date After Judge Orders Temporary Closure
A county judge in Michigan has ordered Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. to shut down its troubled Line 5 pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac between ... -
Ontario Pension Fund Invests in Abu Dhabi Pipeline Megaproject, Puts Teachers’ Retirement Savings at Risk
Thousands of working and retired teachers may soon have to worry about the safety of their retirement savings, after the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan ... -
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Michigan Goes to Court, Calls for Independent Review After Enbridge Partly Reopens Line 5 Pipeline
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a judge to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, less than a week after a company repair ... -
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$20-Billion East African Pipeline to Displace Thousands of Farmers, Risk Massive Oil Spill
A US$20-billion pipeline project in East Africa is set to displace thousands of small farmers and endanger key wildlife habitat and coastal waters—in spite ... -
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Analysts See No More Need for New Pipelines as Tar Sands/Oil Sands Production Slides
After years of complaints that Canada lacked space in its crowded export pipelines to serve tar sands/oil sands producers in the Alberta oilpatch, analysts ... -
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85 Spills in 67 Years: Groups Call for Indigenous-Led Probe into Aging Trans Mountain Pipeline
After a history of 85 spills along the 67-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, the federal and British Columbia governments must launch an “independent, Indigenous-led expert ... -
Time to ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Canadian Rail Companies as Oil Trains Keep Derailing
Broken track has led to seven major derailments of crude oil trains in Canada since the tragic Lac-Mégantic disaster of 2013. Now, revelations that ... -
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door for Atlantic Coast Gas Pipeline
The companies building the US$8-billion Atlantic Coast gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina and Virginia will be allowed to tunnel beneath the ... -
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Burnaby Opponents Point to 190,000-Litre Trans Mountain Spill as Wake-Up Call for Future Hazards
Opponents of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline are pointing to a crude oil spill at the Sumas pump station in Abbotsford, British Columbia Saturday ...
