Eastern pipeline will have to face hurdles
Editorial, Vancouver Sun, August 16, 2013Prospect of a pipeline to deliver oilsands crude embraced in New Brunswick, opposed in B.C.read more
View ArticleCoast to coast, a power grid stretched thin
Shawn McCarthy & Josh Kerr, Globe & Mail, Aug 14 2013Faced with rising demand and aging infrastructure, Toronto Hydro is spending $184-million to install a transformer just south of the CN...
View ArticleTransCanada’s eastern path hits snag in Ontario
Shawn McCarthy, The Globe and Mail, Aug. 22 2013OTTAWA — The Ontario government wants assurances that the province will benefit economically from TransCanada Corp.’s pipeline project to ship crude...
View ArticleAlberta Pipeline Safety Review
Alberta Energy, 23 Aug 2013The Government of Alberta supports the innovative, responsible and sustainable development of our province’s energy resources through a variety of technology funds and...
View ArticlePipeline safety review fails to answer key questions, critics say
Sarah O'Donnell & Dan Healing, Edmonton Journal & Calgary Herald, August 23, 2013EDMONTON - A promised report into the safety of Alberta’s vast pipeline network prompted by a series of high...
View ArticleSilencing Scientists
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Editorial, New York Times, Sep 21, 2013Over the last few years, the government of Canada — led by Stephen Harper — has made it harder and harder for publicly financed scientists to...
View ArticleCN Rail floats idea of shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert: documents
Bruce Cheadle, Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, Sep. 22, 2013CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities...
View Article‘Pipeline or rail, the oil will flow’, say Alberta oil industry and Canada’s...
Roger Annis, Vancouver Observer, 30 Sep 2013Following a visit by federal ministers to British Columbia last week to win over oil pipeline opponents, VO takes a look at what happened and what's to come....
View ArticleEnbridge 'looking forward' to disputing scathing safety report
Jessica McDiarmid, The Star, Oct 04 2013A safety analysis of proposed Line 9B project concluded 'high risk the pipeline will rupture'read more
View Article‘Fireball’ streaks across Yellowhead after train derailment, explosion west...
Edmonton Journal, The Canadian Press, October 19, 2013GAINFORD, Alta. - Emergency crews are monitoring a massive fire burning after a tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton...
View ArticleThe deadly secret behind the Lac-Mégantic inferno
Jacquie McNish & Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail, Dec 3 2013The deadly secret behind the Lac-Mégantic infernoAn investigation into the disaster and its causes.read more
View ArticleInside the oil-shipping free-for-all that brought disaster to Lac-Mégantic
Grant Robertson & Jacquie McNish, Globe and Mail, Dec 2 2013An investigation into the disaster and its causes.read more
View ArticlePublic input wanted on NS offshore drilling program
Greg Bennett, NovaNewsNow.com, Dec 3 2013The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency wants public input before deciding if a federal environmental assessment is required for a proposed drilling...
View Article'Never too late to engage' aboriginal groups, says Doug Eyford
Chris Hall, CBC, Dec 5 2013Doug Eyford reports on engaging with aboriginal groups on resource developmentThe prime minister’s special envoy on West Coast energy issues says the federal government must...
View ArticleIs Bakken oil safe enough for the GTA?
Jessica McDiarmid, The Star, Dec 14 2013The fires burned for four days after the explosions.A train carrying 72 cars of crude oil had barreled into the sleepy Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic and derailed....
View ArticleReport of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project
Joint Review Panel, Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, Dec 19 2013The Joint Review Panel (the Panel) for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Project today recommended that the federal government...
View ArticleDream of a road to the Arctic Ocean takes shape
Jeffrey Jones, Globe and Mail, Dec. 17 2013TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT — On a November morning just outside Tuktoyaktuk, diesel engines break the silence as trucks and graders trundle back and forth, slowly...
View ArticleTrans Mountain Files Facilities Expansion Application with the National...
News Release, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, December 16 2013read more
View ArticleNeurotoxic "Bull's-Eye" Surrounds Canadian Tar Sands: Scientists
Jacob Chamberlain, Common Dreams, Dec 30 2013Concentric circles of mercury and other toxic materials cover over 7,300 square milesread more
View ArticleGulf of St. Lawrence oil projects topic of discussion for 2014
Ashley Fitzpatrick, The Telegram (St. John's, NL), December 28, 2013From Old Harry to offshore Port au Port, western Newfoundland centre of talkread more
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