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Prime Minister Trudeau emphasizes transport safety, environmental stewardship while greenlighting pipeline projects
Yesterday the federal government approved two important infrastructure projects—the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement—which will provide Canada with nearly one million barrels per day of additional ...
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‘Better deals’ on pipelines will not make America rich again, Mr. Trump
Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 11, 2016 From a Canadian perspective, Donald Trump’s recent energy policy speech was both interesting and troubling. On one hand, Mr. Trump’s commitment to approve the Keystone XL pipeline—a key piece of continental ...
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TransCanada lawsuit spotlights weak climate change connection to Keystone
Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 9, 2016 The Keystone XL saga has taken a new twist in the New Year. On Jan. 6, TransCanada (the company that would have built and operated the Alberta to Texas pipeline) launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s ...
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Climate change was a weak reason to reject Keystone
On Wednesday, TransCanada, the company that would have built and operated the Keystone XL pipeline, launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline in November. One of lawsuits seeks damages of more than US$15 ...
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Climate change a weak reason to reject Keystone XL
President Obama has finally rejected the Keystone XL pipeline. This comes after the U.S. State Department on Wednesday rejected a request by TransCanada to delay the permit review. According to Amy Harder of the Wall Street Journal, the ...
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Keystone delay means oil will continue flowing south by rail, which is less safe than pipelines
TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, which would funnel Alberta oilsands crude across the United States to Gulf Coast refineries, made headlines this week when it asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its permit ...