Pipelines/Rail Transport
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Climate & SocietyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Rail Company Sues Small ND Town After Oil Trains Cause Traffic Gridlock
The Canadian Pacific rail company is going to court against the town of Enderlin, North Dakota, population 900, after the city council passed a ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Edelman PR, TransCanada Cut Ties on Energy East
Global PR giant Edelman announced this week that will drop its campaign in support of TransCanada’s controversial Energy East pipeline, after leaked documents revealed ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"JurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Judge Rejects Kinder Morgan Injunction on Burnaby Mountain
Kinder Morgan must clear its two drilling sites on Burnaby Mountain by December 1, after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge rejected the company’s ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Literary Award Winner Donates Prize Money to Anti-Energy East Campaign
The winner of this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language non-fiction donated $25,000 in prize money to the campaign against the Energy East ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"JurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Police Arrest 53 in Kinder Morgan Protests
Independent journalist J.B. MacKinnon, author of The 100-Mile Diet, became the 53rd person arrested on Burnaby Mountain over the weekend, as part of ongoing ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Quebec, Ontario Discuss Carbon Pricing, Energy East
Canada’s two largest provinces have agreed to coordinate efforts on carbon pricing and share electricity, and one of them has set seven conditions for ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Anti-Keystone Vote Opens Democrats’ Defence of U.S. Climate Agenda
Tuesday’s dramatic Senate vote against approval of the Keystone XL pipeline was more than just a sweet victory for U.S. clean energy advocates, John ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
NDP Opposition Leader Maintains Support for Canada’s Energy East Pipeline
With First Nations and other communities along the route of the proposed Energy East pipeline expressing deep concerns about the project, TransCanada Corp. can ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
TransCanada Mounts ‘Pseudo-Grassroot Campaign’ for Energy East
One of the community organizations spearheading the fight against TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline was planning to confront the company at a public meeting earlier ... -
U.S. Oil by Rail Increases 13% in One Year
U.S. oil and gas shipments by rail between January and October showed a 13.4% increase over 2013, the EIA reports, based on data from ... -
Climate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail Transport
Alberta Farmer’s Art Turns Back Pipeline Plan, But Not With Copyright
A Toronto lawyer has come up with a different interpretation in the story of Peter von Tiesenhausen, the Demmitt, Alberta farmer who kept a ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Keystone Debate Ignores the Best Source of Energy Jobs
With U.S. Congressional leaders trumpeting “jobs, jobs, jobs” in the latest debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, Environmental Entrepreneurs Executive Director Bob Keefe is ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Trudeau Invites Energy East Protesters Onstage at Public Q&A [Video]
A Canadian political leader did something odd, and oddly welcome, when his appearance was interrupted by protesters demanding action on the Energy East pipeline. -
CanadaJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Quebec Legislators Unanimously Demand a Say in Energy East’s Climate Impacts
A unanimous Quebec National Assembly resolution November 6, demanding a say in the climate impacts of the Energy East pipeline, has earned support from ... -
Pipeline Companies Plan Alternative Routes as Keystone Cost Increases 50%
The cost of the Keystone XL pipeline has increased by half, from $5.4 to $8 billion, in the six years since the project first ...