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1. Keystone XL approval errs on side of safety

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 24, 2017 This week, state regulators in Nebraska approved the Keystone XL pipeline, ending nine years of regulatory and political limbo across multiple jurisdictions. TransCanada Corp can now build its pipeline. That ...

2. Trans Mountain pipeline—B.C.’s NDP government should put safety first

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, July 28, 2017 The last several weeks have seen new, if somewhat contradictory, developments on the Trans Mountain pipeline file. Kinder Morgan received approval last year to twin the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, ...

3. Safety First: Intermodal Safety for Oil and Gas Transportation

   A contentious road lies ahead for the construction of three recently approved oil pipelines (Trans Mountain, Line 3, and Keystone XL). Given continued opposition to oil and gas infrastructure, we have examined the latest data on the safety of oil and gas ...

4. Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Notley—right on Kinder Morgan

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2017 In the wake of last month’s B.C. provincial election, which produced no clear winner, the NDP and Green Party have agreed to unite with an eye on forming the next government, raising serious questions about ...

5. Is the Keystone kibosh coming?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun According to rumour, President Obama is expected to issue the death knell for the Keystone XL pipeline before or during the Labour Day weekend. The irony is somewhat rich, given that Labour Day is ostensibly when both Canadians ...

6. What Ever Happened to Safety First

   Appeared in the Washington Times, Aug 19, 2015 Debates over oil pipelines seem to be never-ending. The quintessential example being that of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has languished in regulatory limbo for more than 2,500 days. It appears that this ...

7. Pipelines are the safest way to transport oil and gas

   Oil and gas pipelines are a critical piece of Canada’s energy infrastructure. In 2013, this mode of transportation moved more than 2.4 billion barrels of oil and gas. But accidents do happen as seen with the recent oil spill in Alberta where a Nexen ...

8. Safety in the Transportation of Oil and Gas: Pipelines or Rail?

   Transporting oil and gas by pipeline or rail is in general quite safe. But when the safety of transporting oil and gas by pipelines and rail is compared, taking into consideration the amount of product moved, pipelines are found to be the much safer ...

9. Safer rail transport still can’t compete with pipeline safety

   Appeared in the National Post On May 1, 2015, an interesting thing happened. The United States and Canada came to agreement about transporting oil and other flammable liquids. No, they did not agree to build more pipelines—rather, they agreed to implement ...

10. Oil-train derailments in Canada expose folly of anti-pipeline movement

    Appeared in the Financial Post Four recent oil-train derailments—two in the United States and two in Canada accompanied by yet another drive-by rhetorical smear of the Keystone XL pipeline by U.S. President Barack Obama—have re-invigorated the debate over ...