Pipelines/Rail Transport
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U.S. Judge Orders New Environmental Assessment for Dakota Access Pipeline
A U.S. federal judge has sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers back the drawing board in its review of the fiercely-contested Dakota Access ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: Fossil Bailout Not the Prescription for Canada’s Fiscal Health
Shovels or ladders? That is the stark choice facing Justin Trudeau and Parliament as they consider aiding western Canada’s giant tar sands/oil sands producers, which ... -
Derailed Petcoke Train Near Prince George Also Carried Methanol, LNG
Cleaning up the 40 tonnes of petroleum coke that spilled into a local creek will not be an easy task, but far worse could ... -
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Prince George School Evacuated after Latest Canadian Train Derailment
In yet another Canadian freight train derailment, 27 cars left the tracks near Prince George, British Columbia last week, forcing the evacuation of a ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSupply Chains & Consumption
2018 Pipeline Explosion Near Prince George Revealed “Shocking” Safety Breaches
The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation has responded to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) report on an October 2018 Enbridge pipeline explosion near ... -
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Time to Cut Fossils’ ‘Corporate Welfare’, Make Economy More Efficient, Author Argues
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is a policy measure that could create some common ground between climate campaigners and libertarian free market advocates, self-styled independent ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Coastal GasLink Agrees to Two-Day Construction ‘Pause’ as Wet’suwet’en-Crown Negotiations Begin
The company behind the contested Coastal GasLink pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory in northeastern British Columbia has agreed to pause construction for two days ... -
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Petrosaurus Rex vs. Reality: Teck Mine Defeated by Low Price of Oil
Paleontology tells us the most fearsome Jurassic-era predators had no outer ears, and depended on a narrow range of sub-sonic vibrations to detect other ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Fossil Pulls the Plug on 124-Mile Constitution Gas Pipeline
Climate campaigners are chalking up another win in New York State this week, after Tulsa, Oklahoma-based fossil giant Williams Companies pulled the plug on ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & Consumption
Blockades Continue, Businesses Seek Compensation as RCMP Continues Patrols on Wet’suwet’en Territory
With the RCMP closing its outpost but continuing its patrols on Wet’suwet’en territory, Tyendinaga Mohawks facing a deadline to end their rail blockade in ... -
BREAKING: Federal Export Agency Considers ‘Highly Inappropriate’ Loan to Coastal GasLink
The federal Export Development Corporation is weighing what a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief calls a “highly inappropriate” loan to TC Energy, the company behind the ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Ottawa ‘Very Hopeful’ Blockades Will End as RCMP Promises to Leave Wet’suwet’en Territory
RCMP in British Columbia decided Thursday to abandon the presence in Wet’suwet’en territory that has sparked railway blockades, economic disruptions, and nearly 1,000 layoffs ... -
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Skyrocketing Price Drives Down Public Support for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Public support for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion tips toward opposition when Canadians learn that the cost of the controversial project has ballooned to ... -
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Stewart: Cabinet Decisions on Wet’suwet’en Blockades, Teck Will Show What Ottawa Stands For
With crucial decisions coming up or in progress on the Wet’suwet’en blockades and the proposed Teck Frontier tar sands/oil sands mine in Alberta, Canadians ... -
Oil Train Derails, Leaks Crude in Northwestern Ontario
Yet another oil train has derailed along the CN Rail line, with 30 cars off the tracks and five of them leaking crude oil ...
