Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this April 24 story from The National Post and Bloomberg News on the effect of US President Barack Obama’s waffling on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline – and how it has clashed with Stephen Harper’s rigid insistence on the project. On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, Canadian Prime
Continue readingTag: Pipelines and Supertankers
The Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG faces growing First Nations opposition
The Unist’ot’en camp’s Toghestiy (left) and Mel Bazil stand in the path of 3 pipelines (Two Island Films) One of the biggest myths pervading BC’s energy dialogue goes something like this: While First Nations stand united against the proposed Enbridge pipeline, they overwhelmingly embrace Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Sure, Premier Christy
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Parks Act changed for Kinder Morgan’s illegal pipeline research?
By Andrew Gage You may have heard about controversial amendments to the Park Act by way of Bill 4, the Park Amendment Act, which critics say are to allow industrial “research,” or even industrial activity, in B.C. parks. Over 160,000 people have signed a petition opposing Bill 4. However, B.C.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Eagle Spirit offers First Nations ‘energy corridor’ as Enbridge alternative
Eagle Spirit’s Calvin Helin speaking the Vancouver Board of Trade VANCOUVER – A plebiscite defeat for the company proposing a $6-billion oil pipeline across northern British Columbia may have opened the door for another mega-project. Supporters of a First Nation-backed alternative to the Enbridge (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway Pipeline are expected
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kitimat rejects Enbridge in pipeline plebiscite
Former Haisla councilor Gerald Amos celebrates the ‘No’ vote (photo: Douglas Channel Watch) By The Canadian Press KITIMAT, B.C. – The residents of Kitimat, B.C. have voted against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project in a non-binding plebiscite. The ballot count from Saturday’s vote was 1,793 opposed versus 1,278
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: NDP leadership candidate Horgan would reverse Parks Act changes
Read this April 11 story by Stephen Hui in The Georgia Straight about BC NDP leadership candidate John Horgan’s vow to repeal the controversial Bill 4, which opened BC’s parks to pipelines and industrial activity. Sole B.C. NDP leadership candidate John Horgan says he’s received more mail about the Park Amendment Act
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kitimat Enbridge vote: Grassroots campaign poised to win unfair fight
Signs of the times in Kitimat, BC (Photo: Kathy Ouwehand) By the Canadian Press KITIMAT, B.C. – Residents of Kitimat will cast votes in a local plebiscite Saturday for or against the multibillion-dollar Northern Gateway pipeline. The District of Kitimat has remained neutral on the $6-billion project, but the vote
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Andrew Nikiforuk on the end of cheap fossil fuels
John Twigg interviews award-winning energy journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk on his latest book, The Energy of Slaves. “The era of cheap hydrocarbons is gone,” says Nikiforuk. We’re now into the difficult and ugly stuff – and it’s expensive. It’s going to affect the siz e of the middle class, which is
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pipelines in parks? Welcome to Super, Fracktural BC!
Cartoon and letter by Loren Craig – republished from his green briefs blog An open letter to BC Premier Christy Clark – April 7, 2014 Dear Christy, May I call you Christy? It seems appropriate, given your warm, woman-of-the-people style of governing. I’m a soccer parent too, so that puts
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan review panel rejects 80% of applicants
A Vancouver rally against Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline (Photo: Damien Gillis) by Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – The National Energy Board hearings into Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion through Alberta and British Columbia will begin in August and hear from more than a thousand people, groups and communities.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: CNRL pipeline leaks 70,000 litres near Slave Lake
An earlier CNRL leak in Cold Lake, Alberta (Chester Dawson / Wall Street Journal) SLAVE LAKE, Alta. – A pipeline owned by Canadian Natural Resources Limited has spilled 70,000 litres of oil and processed water northwest of Slave Lake, Alta. The Alberta Energy Regulator says the breach happened on Monday
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Christy Clark was a partner in firm that lobbied for Enbridge
BC Premier Christy Clark during talks with her Alberta counterpart on the proposed Enbridge pipeline Read this April 1 Vancouver Observer story on the revelation through leaked documents that BC Premier Christy Clark was a partner in a firm that lobbied the Harper government on behalf of Enbridge. B.C. Premier Christy Clark
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BP spills oil into Lake Michigan
BP’s Whiting Refinery on Lake Michigan by The Associated Press WHITING, Ind. – BP says it is assessing how much crude oil entered Lake Michigan following a malfunction at its northwestern Indiana refinery. BP spokesman Scott Dean says crews have placed booms across a cove at the company’s Whiting refinery where
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Enbridge, Kinder Morgan opponents mark Exxon Valdez anniversary
Art Sterritt and Coastal First Nations remain strongly opposed to Enbridge VANCOUVER – Opponents of any increase in oil tankers off the B.C. coast are marking the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by launching a renewed campaign against two major pipeline projects. Coastal First Nations are running
Continue readingThe 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: 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: Democrat’s election-year debate over the Keystone XL pipeline
U.S. Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force urge action on climate change in Washington (Photo: Yuri Gripas, Reuters). by Matthew Daly, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats are grappling with an election-year dilemma posed by the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Wealthy party donors are funding candidates who oppose
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Oil transport engineers say Enbridge tanker plan unsafe
A group of professional engineers and professors with deep experience in fossil fuel transportation and clean-up systems says the tanker plans associated with the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline are unsafe. The BC-based Concerned Professional Engineers (CPE) actively intervened in National Energy Board’s review of Northern Gateway and feels the
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: Northern Gateway: The unlikely pipeline
The 3-member Joint Review Panel for the Northern Gateway pipeline overruled 98% opposition to the proposal The approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline by the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel (JRP) landed with a dismal and predictable thud. It is a view that needs to be reviewed, an assessment
Continue reading