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Critics Demand Financial Review of Trans Mountain Pipeline, Claim Victory Slowing Down Construction
A list of more than 100 Canadian economists and resource policy specialists that includes a former CEO of BC Hydro and Ontario Hydro is ... -
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Line 5 Pipeline Reopens After Regulators Complete Safety Review
Calgary-based Enbridge Energy has received permission to restart normal operations on the east leg of the aging Line 5 pipeline through the Straits of ... -
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The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 2)
This is the second of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ... -
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Alberta Dials Down Expectations with Softer Mandate for ‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’ Inquiry
The Alberta government may be losing momentum in its crusade against supposed “foreign-funded special interests” working against the province’s oilpatch, with the deadline for ... -
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Pipeline Spill Forces Temporary Shutdown at Kearl Lake Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mine
Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake mine has gone into temporary shutdown, following a spill Saturday in a diluent pipeline that supplies the giant tar sands/oil ... -
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U.S. Fossil Plans Giant Chillers to Refreeze Permafrost Under Alaska Pipeline
Colossal fossil ConocoPhillips has come up with a startling climate adaptation strategy for a new pipeline it wants to build on Alaska’s North Slope. ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
O’Toole Needs a Credible Climate Plan to Win a Federal Election, Analysts Say
Newly-elected Conservative leader Erin O’Toole will have a harder time delivering on his promise to form a national government if he can’t convince Canadians ... -
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Fossil Lobby Demands Changes to ‘Overly Prescriptive’ Federal Bailout Rules
Canada’s fossil lobby is complaining about federal bailout programs designed to help companies weather the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming ... -
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Dakota Access Pipeline Continues Accepting Oil After U.S. Judge Orders Shutdown
The company behind the intensely controversial Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t explicitly defying a court order. But nor was it reported to have taken any ... -
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Trans Mountain Pipeline Loses Lead Insurer as Zurich Steps Away
Mammoth global insurance company Zurich has decided to abandon its role as principal insurer for the Trans Mountain pipeline when its coverage expires August ... -
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Three Projects, Three Wins: Flurry of Decisions Shows U.S. Pipelines Becoming ‘Unbuildable’
A 48-hour span in early July saw a dizzying series of announcements highlighting the increasingly shaky prospects for North American oil and gas pipelines, ... -
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PetroChina’s ‘Green, Low-Carbon Model’ Shows Renewables Reshaping the Future
China’s most colossal fossil is investing some of its winnings in renewable energy after selling off US$38 billion worth of pipelines, after concluding it ... -
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Weekend Tour Kicks Off Six-Week Push to Delay Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
More than 200 people signed up for a series of socially-distanced, small-group weekend tours of a conservation area in British Columbia, followed by a ... -
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Dakota Access Pipeline Dodges Immediate Shutdown, Still Faces Environmental Review
The owner of the Dakota Access pipeline has dodged an order to immediately shut down operations, but will still have to undergo a full ... -
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Fossil Lobby Demands Changes to ‘Overly Prescriptive’ Federal Bailout Rules
Canada’s fossil lobby is complaining about federal bailout programs designed to help companies weather the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming ...
