Chiefs of the Tsimshian First Nation speak out against Enrbidge at a 2012 Prince Rupert rally Big money now rules the world. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the middle class gets squeezed. No government in the world is doing anything about this – least of
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The Common Sense Canadian: BC govt, City of Vancouver: Kinder Morgan dodging pipeline questions
Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver Council have some tough questions for Kinder Morgan (facebook) By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Kinder Morgan has failed to answer many of the questions put to the company about its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline through the regulatory review process, charge a chorus
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan bills customers for pipeline application
Artist’s rendering of proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion Read this June 30 story from economist Robyn Allan on Kinder Morgan’s use of a special fee levied at its customers to fund its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Limited Partnership—a Texas based Master Limited Partnership—wants
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kispiox Valley citizens band together against LNG pipelines
Some of the Kispiox Valley citizens opposed to LNG (Photo: NoMorePipelines.ca) A group of citizens from the Kispiox Valley – northwest of Smithers, BC – has signed a declaration “against the LNG projects proposed to pass through their community.” The approximately 160 signatures from local landowners and residents represents a
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Is Harper setting up BC govt to reject Northern Gateway?
Christy Clark photo: Darryl Dyck/CP) By Geoff Salomons To many, the recent decision by the Harper Government to approve the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline – a project it has so emphatically been pushing – is not surprising at all. What was surprising was the relative lack of fanfare in which
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Native law expert: First Nations hold power to stop Enbridge
Chiefs of the Tsimshian First Nation speak out against Enrbidge at a 2012 Prince Rupert rally Read this June 18 story by Carlito Pablo in the Georgia Straight, interviewing leading native law expert Jack Woodward on the ways in which First Nations-led lawsuits hold real power to stop Northern Gateway. The notion
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Gitga’at women erect symbolic blockade of Enbridge tanker route
Photo: Andrew Frank/Flickr By The Canadian Press HARTLEY BAY, B.C. – The women of the Gitga’at Nation of British Columbia planned to erect a symbolic blockade made of yarn across the Douglas Channel on Friday to protest the federal government’s approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline. The crochet chain was
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: CIBC: First Nations, lawsuits will block Enbridge for years
A Vancouver rally against proposed pipelines earlier this year (Damien Gillis) By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – One of the biggest hurdles for the Northern Gateway project is one the company has never had the means to address. Now that the project has received federal approval, the next
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Are pipeline spills good for the economy, as Kinder Morgan says?
Health concerns plague many who worked to clean up the BP oil spill (photo: Wikimedia Commons) Energy giant Kinder Morgan was recently called insensitive for pointing out that “Pipeline spills can have both positive and negative effects on local and regional economies, both in the short- and long-term.” The company
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Enbridge battle far from over, even if Harper approves pipeline
By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Some time in the next 10 days, the federal government is supposed to announce its final decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline — the multibillion-dollar political minefield dividing the West. Even detractors expect the federal government to give the $7-billion project the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pipeline debate gets truly “extreme” with police raid of suspected activists
An example of the “no pipeline” graffiti police were reacting to (gofundme.com crowdfunder) Read this June 5 story by The Tyee’s David Ball on the bizarre police raid of suspected pipeline protesters’ home over alleged graffiti. A crowdfunding campaign to cover legal expenses incurred by the arrested graffiti suspects surpassed its goal of $5,000 within
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Financial Post: Kinder Morgan pipeline now faces uphill battle
Kinder Morgan Canada President Ian Anderson at a Vancouver Board of Trade talk (photo: Kinder Morgan) Read this June 3 story from The Financial Post, detailing how Kinder Morgan’s plans to triple oil transport to its tanker terminal in Burnaby have gone from a “slam dunk” to an uphill battle. CALGARY —
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pipeline debate hits local streets with Kinder Morgan, Spectra spats
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is taking a tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) A pair of skirmishes over access for pipeline companies to landowners’ properties in the Lower Mainland suggests the debate over Canada’s energy future is washing up on local streets. Today, we learned that Burnaby Council – long
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: 300 scholars to Harper: Enbridge recommendation based on junk science
In an open letter, 300 scholars poke holes in the Joint Review Panel’s recommendation of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, urging PM Stephen Harper to reject its final report. May 26, 2014 Dear Prime Minister Harper: Based on the evidence presented below, we, the undersigned scholars, have concluded that the Joint Review Panel’s
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Quebec won’t see job benefits from Line 9, Energy East: report
TransCanada CEO Russ Girling promoting Energy East (Canadian Press) MONTREAL – A new report says proposals to pipe oilsands crude to Quebec refineries would only deliver negligible economic benefits to the province. An economist who co-authored the study says job creation and spinoffs from several active pipeline-and-processing proposals would be
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan faces 10,000 questions on Vancouver pipeline
By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Kinder Morgan is asking for more time to respond to over 10,000 questions submitted to the National Energy Board about the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline. The company has until June 4 to respond to information requests from 117 of the 398
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Spill liability changes could be paving way for Enbridge approval
An oil pipeline crossing the Tanana River in Alaska By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – The federal government announced new measures Wednesday to ensure pipeline companies pick up the tab for any spills, as cabinet prepares to announce its decision on the contentious Northern Gateway pipeline project. Natural
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Tougher Canadian oil tanker rules leave liability cap in place
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The federal government says it is aiming to make polluters pay as it makes changes to legislation and regulations on oil tanker safety. But under proposed changes announced today by Transport Minister Lisa Raitt in Saint John, N.B., Ottawa stops short of following a recommendation from
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: First Nation’s legal challenge could delay Kinder Morgan pipeline
Sundance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Damien Gillis) Read this May 2 story from the Georgia Straight on the legal action launched by the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation regarding the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, which would terminate in the Aboriginal community’s territory along
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pro-Keystone XL pipeline bill stalls in Senate
Sen. John Hoeven has been unable to gather the votes for his pro-Keystone XL bill (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) By David Espo, The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Senate supporters of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline conceded Thursday they lack the 60 votes necessary to pass legislation authorizing immediate construction of the
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