Read this story from Desmog Canada’s Carol Linnitt on the Alberta Government’s decision to reach out to the energy industry to help develop new curriculum for primary students. The province of Alberta has recently released a development plan for public schools that enlists Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada in the creation of future Kindergarten to
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The Common Sense Canadian: Crews work to clean up Texas oil spill
by Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press TEXAS CITY, Texas – The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world’s busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships. A
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Arctic offshore drilling preparations concern communities
(Photo: Offshore Energy Today) by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Governments, aboriginal groups and Arctic communities Growing industry interest in the offshore oil resources of Canada’s Arctic is forcing northerners from east to west to confront hard questions about development. No actual drilling is likely to happen for years. But major
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Energy East pipeline would be for export, not local refining
Most of the oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline would be destined for export, says a new report by Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press CALGARY – The proposed Energy East pipeline won’t be the boon to Eastern Canadian refineries that supporters claim because the vast majority of the oil
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: CNRL faces charges over potentially deadly gas leak near First Nation
Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Horizon oilsands upgrader By John Cotter in Edmonton FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is facing 11 environmental charges over the release of a potentially deadly gas near an aboriginal community in northern Alberta. The Alberta government said the charges stem from the release
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Energy Board approves Enbridge Line 9 reversal
The National Energy Board has approved energy giant Enbridge’s plan to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of a pipeline that has been running between southern Ontario and Montreal for years. The green light for the Calgary-based company is subject to certain conditions and requirements. A statement from the National Energy Board
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: US judge blocks $9 Billion judgement against Chevron over lawyers’ illegal conduct
Photo: Teun Voeten/Reporters/Redux by Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. courts from being used to collect a $9 billion Ecuadorean judgment against Chevron for rainforest damage, saying lawyers poisoned an honourable quest with their illegal and wrongful conduct. “Justice is not
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Petronas’ Canadian shale gas shares attract Chinese and Indian investors
(Photo: Rigzone) Read this Feb 25th article in the International Business Times about Petronas’ Asian business partners investing in the Canadian shale gas market: Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas will sell a 25% stake in its Canadian shale gas project, Progress Energy Resources, to an Indian company and an Asian
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Peter Mansbridge tries to come clean on Oilsands talk
CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge giving a talk paid by CAPP (image: facebook) by Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press TORONTO – CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge defended himself Thursday after a report that he made a paid speech to petroleum producers, saying he has never publicly promoted or opposed oilsands development. “If
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: NEB audit exposes gaps in TransCanada’s pipeline safety
TransCanada CEO Russ Girling announces Energy East pipeline on Aug. 1 (photo: (Jeff McIntosh / CP) CALGARY – Problems flagged in the National Energy Board’s audit of TransCanada Corp.’s pipeline safety practices should have Canadians worried, a group fighting that company’s proposed Energy East pipeline said Tuesday. The audit report,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Dan Murphy skewers Janet Holder’s Enbridge Pipeline PR
Former Province cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest poke at Enbridge’s ongoing efforts to buff up the image of its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. Here, Murphy takes on the “face” of Enbridge’s PR efforts, Janet Holder, whose mug and voice have filled newspapers, websites and airwaves in recent months with fuzzy reassurances about
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Justin Trudeau backs Kinder Morgan oil pipeline to Vancouver
Justin Trudeau in Kamloops, where the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline would pass (Graham Hughes/CP) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sat down recently with Metro Calgary, discussing everything from legalizing marijuana to funding public transit – but it was his response to this question that was of particular interest to The Common
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Oilsands tailings ponds leaking toxic chemicals: federal govt study
Syncrude tailings pond (David Dodge, Pembina Institute) Bob Weber, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – New federal research has strongly backed suspicions that toxic chemicals from Alberta’s vast oilsands tailings ponds are leaching into groundwater and seeping into the Athabasca River. Leakage from oilsands tailings ponds, which now cover 176 square
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Exploding BC LNG Myths – Part 2
BC Minister of Natural Gas Development, Rich Coleman (BC Govt photo) “The opposition wouldn’t know LNG if it came up and bit them, they’re totally uninformed.” – Rich Coleman, BC Minister of Natural Gas Development. For over three years, Rich Coleman has led the BC LNG charge; however, he has taken
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: TransCanada gas pipeline ruptures in Alberta
TransCanada gas pipelines ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. – The National Energy Board says it is investigating a natural gas pipeline rupture in west-central Alberta. The federal regulator says the TransCanada (TSX:TRP) pipe broke this morning about 10 kilometres north or Rocky Mountain House. It says the pipe has been shut
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Last chance to apply for Kinder Morgan oil pipeline hearings
The window for the public to apply to participate in the upcoming National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion to Vancouver closes Wednesday at 11 AM (PST). The project would see close to a tripling of Alberta bitumen piped to the company’s Burnaby terminal and a
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Melting sea ice a help and hindrance to Arctic drilling
Read this story by Bobby Magill of Climate Central on the double-edged sword that melting sea ice poses for tapping into the massive estimated reserves of oil and gas in the Arctic. Sea ice melting partly because of human-caused climate change could open previously inaccessible Arctic Ocean waters to expanded oil drilling, but the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Regulator buried report on TransCanada pipeline explosion
A 2014 gas pipeline explosion near Winnipeg, Maniotoba Read this February 4 story from CBC.ca on a 2011 report of a TransCanada gas pipeline explosion in northern Alberta which the National Energy Board kept quiet for several years. A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Alberta fracking licenses soar by 650%, documents reveal
by Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – Alberta New Democrats say newly released documents show fracking has become an unregulated free-for-all in the province with no regard for the impact on groundwater or on people’s health. NDP Leader Brian Mason presented information Tuesday provided under freedom-of-information laws that shows
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Alberta families abandon homes over bitumen fumes
Fumes from these bitumen storage tanks are allegedly driving Alberta families from their homes. Read this Jan. 26th Vancouver Observer story by Mychaylo Prystupa on the extreme effects of bitumen fumes from Baytex Energy’s storage tanks on families near Peace River Alberta. Northwest Alberta grain farmer Alain Labrecque recalls the first winter in 2011 when
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