Canada Election 2019 – Pipeline Politics
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Months of Open Advocacy, Direct Intervention Bring Fossils the Election Outcome They Feared
After months of open advocacy, thousands if not millions of dollars in campaign spending, and direct collaboration with the federal Conservative Party that prompted ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Ottawa Offers Flexibility on Fossil Regulation as New Cabinet Gets to Work
Alberta’s energy minister declared herself “very encouraged” by her first meeting with her federal counterpart, Ottawa’s Western liaison opened the door to watering down ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Trans Mountain Subsidies Hit $320 Million in First Six Months of 2019
The Trans Mountain pipeline took home C$320 million in direct and indirect subsidies in the first six months of the years that were not ... -
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Fossil Lobbyists Aim for Wider Influence with Minority Parliament Set to Take Office
With a new minority government about to take office in Ottawa, the fossil lobby is getting to work, aiming to extend its influence to ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Months of Open Advocacy, Direct Intervention Bring Fossils the Election Outcome They Feared
After months of open advocacy, thousands if not millions of dollars in campaign spending, and direct collaboration with the federal Conservative Party that prompted ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Pundits Pitch Separation While Foundation Director Calls for Unity
As the rhetoric began to fly in the dying days of #elxn43, with some voices hinting at a new push toward western Canadian separation, ... -
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Canadian Fossils Stall Out in Bid to ‘Scrub’ the Record on Carbon Emissions
However hard they may be trying, Canada’s tar sands/oil sands aren’t moving far enough, fast enough to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, Maclean’s magazine ... -
Federal Regulator Second-Guesses Auditor After Fire Safety Review Finds Gaps at Trans Mountain Tank Farms
Fire protection systems at three oil storage facilities attached to the Trans Mountain pipeline fell short of industry best practices in some ways, even ... -
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New Alberta-New Brunswick Pipeline Proposal Aims to ‘Succeed Where Energy East Failed’
A Montreal-based company is proposing to build a C$23-billion pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick that it says can succeed where the controversial Energy ... -
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Squamish Nation Urges ‘Extensive and Deep’ Consultations as B.C. Court Sends Trans Mountain Back for Provincial Review
The Squamish Nation celebrated a limited victory yesterday in its fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, after the provincial Court of Appeal ruled ... -
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Fossils Could Lose $2.2 Trillion by 2030 if Countries Get Serious About Carbon Cuts
The world’s most colossal fossils have invested US$50 billion in less than two years in new oil and gas projects that undercut the fight ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
Appeals Court to Hear First Nations’ Case on Trans Mountain Pipeline Re-Approval
Six British Columbia First Nations are getting ready for a “long road ahead”, in the words of Coldwater Indian Band Chief Lee Spahan, after ... -
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Blockbuster News Investigation Reveals ‘Culture of Silence’ in Fossil Health and Safety Violations
National Observer and Global News are out with a blockbuster investigative report that alleges potentially deadly health and safety problems in the western Canadian ... -
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Alberta Loses 14,300 Jobs in July Despite Corporate Tax Cut, Profitable Fossils
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is declaring herself “disappointed” that her province lost 14,300 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment rate up to 7%, ... -
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Pipeline Opponent Sees Fossil Subsidies Campaign as Latest Front Against Trans Mountain
A new campaign against the fossil fuel subsidies on which projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion depend is just the latest front in ...
