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Oil sands pipelines now back on the election agenda
Oil sands pipelines now back on the election agenda Mulcair may have the most explaining to do in tonight’s French-language leaders’ debate So now we know. The woman who wants to be the next Democrat to occupy the White House has made a decision that the president she hopes to succeed hasn’t, or won’t. Hillary […]
Permits Required to Build TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline in Jeopardy As Hearings Reveal Missteps
Permits Required to Build TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline in Jeopardy As Hearings Reveal Missteps TransCanada’s decision to purchase all of the pipe needed to complete the Keystone XL Pipeline before receiving a presidential permit could prove a costly mistake. Not only is President Obama expected to reject the permit TransCanada needs in order to cross the U.S.-Canadian border, the company must recertify an […]
Evidence Released at TransCanada’s Keystone XL Permit Renewal Hearing Sheds Light On Serious Pipeline Risks
Evidence Released at TransCanada’s Keystone XL Permit Renewal Hearing Sheds Light On Serious Pipeline Risks Just because TransCanada continually states that the Keystone XL pipeline will be the safest pipeline ever built, doesn’t mean it is true. The company’s pipeline construction record is facing intense scrutiny in America’s heartland, where many see no justifiable rationale to risk […]
TransCanada cuts 185 jobs as it restructures
TransCanada cuts 185 jobs as it restructures Pipeline company eliminates jobs to remain competitive and cut costs Keystone XL proponent TransCanada Corp. has laid off 185 people in its major projects department, most of them in Calgary. The jobs that were cut on Tuesday included about 100 full-time employees while the rest were contract workers. As a pipeline operator, TransCanada has […]
TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline Network Under Investigation by Federal Regulators
TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline Network Under Investigation by Federal Regulators A month after revealing that TransCanada is under a compliance review for the Keystone 1 Pipeline, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration(PHMSA) disclosed it is also investigating the operations of Keystone XL‘s southern route, renamed the Gulf Coast Pipeline when the project was split in half. The results of these investigations could play […]
Keystone XL Pipeline Could Result In Higher Emissions After All, EPA Says
Keystone XL Pipeline Could Result In Higher Emissions After All, EPA Says WASHINGTON – Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. likes to joke that he walks around Washington carrying a copy of the State Department report on the Keystone XL pipeline tucked in his jacket pocket. That’s how critical that document has been to the pipeline […]
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL Senate Democrats filibustered a measure yesterday that would speed up the vote on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which could take the decision on Keystone out of the hands of both the White House and the State Department. Known as cloture, the move — pushed by […]
Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL
Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL On January 16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave Enbridge a controversialNationwide Permit 12 green-light for its proposed Line 78 pipeline, set to bring heavy tar sands diluted bitumen (“dilbit”)from Pontiac, Illinois to its Griffith, Indiana holding terminal. The permit for the pipeline with the capacity to carry 800,000 barrels-per-day of tar […]
Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didn’t Mention Was Just As Telling
Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didn’t Mention Was Just As Telling President Barack Obama could not have signaled more clearly in his 2015 State of the Union address that he intends to fight for his legacy on climate change in the face of a hostile, anti-science GOP-led House and […]
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices?
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices? On Monday the Keystone XL pipeline project crossed another hurdle when legislation approving construction of the proposed line to connect Canadian oil sands crude with Gulf Coast refineries was passed by the United States Senate. The bill sailed through 63 votes to 32 in the Senate, which […]
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices?
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices? On Monday the Keystone XL pipeline project crossed another hurdle when legislation approving construction of the proposed line to connect Canadian oil sands crude with Gulf Coast refineries was passed by the United States Senate. The bill sailed through 63 votes to 32 in the Senate, which […]
How Falling Oil Prices Could Help Stop the Keystone Project
How Falling Oil Prices Could Help Stop the Keystone Project At 3 p.m. on a Friday last January, two days before the 2014 Super Bowl, the State Department released a favorable assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline’s environmental impacts. Though citizens had submitted nearly two million comments during consideration of the report, the timing suggested […]
Experts Say That Battle on Keystone Pipeline Is Over Politics, Not Facts
Experts Say That Battle on Keystone Pipeline Is Over Politics, Not Facts WASHINGTON — In 2009, the Obama administration approved a 986-mile pipeline to bring 400,000 barrels of oil sands petroleum a day from western Canada to the United States. Almost no one paid attention. Construction on the pipeline, called the Alberta Clipper, was quietly completed last […]
