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1. B.C. opposes Kinder Morgan but pipelines needed for Canada to become energy ‘superproducer’

   Because new pipeline infrastructure must play a role if Canada wants to become an energy “superproducer,” it was disappointing to hear that the British Columbia government will formally oppose the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Pipelines are safer, cheaper and greener

   New tank cars are coming for the oil by rail industry. The DOT-111s, which have been at the centre of fiery derailments in Ontario this year and were present in the Lac-Mégantic tragedy, are being phased out with new regulations. These ...

5. Council of Canadians blasts Energy East project (Part 2)

   In a previous post we described how a recent report from the Council of Canadians was fraught with errors of commission. Now in Part 2, we’ll look at the errors of omission. The Council report has an interesting but irrational implicit ...