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Pipeline that Exploded in Pennsylvania Part of Push to Build Fracking-Reliant Petrochemical Network
Pipeline that Exploded in Pennsylvania Part of Push to Build Fracking-Reliant Petrochemical Network Just before dawn Monday morning, Chuck Belczyk thought a jet had crashed near his home roughly 25 miles outside Pittsburgh – until he heard the sound of hissing gas. “And that’s when it all hit us what was happening,” Belczyk told NPR’s State […]
Fate Of Key Gas Pipeline In The Balance As Putin, Merkel Begin Meeting
Fate Of Key Gas Pipeline In The Balance As Putin, Merkel Begin Meeting “Russian influence will flow through that pipeline right into Europe, and that is what we are going to prevent,” an unnamed U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal just as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Angela Merkel meet outside of Berlin on Saturday centered […]
Neoliberalism, Pipelines, and Canadian Political Economy
Neoliberalism, Pipelines, and Canadian Political Economy Photo by Luke Jones | CC BY 2.0 The national debate about how to get diluted bitumen to trans-oceanic markets by means of a twinning of the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline route between Alberta and British Columbia – known as the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project – illustrates the […]
Russia-Ukraine Gas Spat Highlights Geopolitical Divide
Russia-Ukraine Gas Spat Highlights Geopolitical Divide The latest gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine flared up just as most of Europe was gripped by Arctic cold and just before the spy poisoning scandal in which the UK accused Moscow of poisoning a former double agent in England by a military-grade nerve agent of a type […]
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being […]
Energy CEO Says Fracking Build-out in New York Not Over, Wants Regulators to ‘Lay Down and Approve Every Pipeline’
Energy CEO Says Fracking Build-out in New York Not Over, Wants Regulators to ‘Lay Down and Approve Every Pipeline’ At a pipeline industry conference in Pittsburgh on January 31, Robert G. Phillips, CEO and President of Crestwood Equity Partners, offered an unusually candid perspective on pipelines, fracking, environmental regulations, and how industry plans to fight back […]
As Trump Unfurls Infrastructure Plan, Iowa Bill Seeks to Criminalize Pipeline Protests
As Trump Unfurls Infrastructure Plan, Iowa Bill Seeks to Criminalize Pipeline Protests The Iowa Senate has advanced a bill which critics say could lead to the criminalization of pipeline protests, which are being cast as “terrorist activities.” Dakota Access pipeline owner Energy Transfer Partners and other companies have lobbied for the bill, Senate Study Bill 3062, which opens up the […]
Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance
Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance A bridge leads to the entrance of the Unist’ot’en territory in British Columbia, Canada. (WNV/Jeff Nicholls) The Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline was a reminder that colonization, and resistance to it, both exist in the present tense. Fossil fuel pipelines that despoil indigenous […]
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues After 10 years of a fossil-fuel friendly Conservative government, many Canadians welcomed the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister. But Trudeau’s decisions to approve two oil pipelines and a major gas facility have left some questioning just how green the new leader really […]
Why Canada’s Oil Industry May Never Be the Same
Why Canada’s Oil Industry May Never Be the Same Never is a long time. The dictionary definition is, “at no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever.” In the volatile oil and gas industry, those who try to look that far into the future and predict anything with certainty are invariably […]
Pipeline Reforms ‘Great Step’ but Don’t Account for Most Emissions, Say Climate Critics
Pipeline Reforms ‘Great Step’ but Don’t Account for Most Emissions, Say Climate Critics Does ignoring downstream impacts export Canada’s responsibilities? Canada’s minister of the environment and climate change Catherine McKenna at the COP21 climate summit in Paris, France in December. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa. The Trudeau government’s newly announced reforms to pipeline environmental assessments still fail […]
Amnesty International: Shell’s Claim Of Clean Up In Nigeria “Blatantly False”
Amnesty International: Shell’s Claim Of Clean Up In Nigeria “Blatantly False” A new report from Amnesty International alleges that Royal Dutch Shell did not, in fact, clean up its oil spills in Nigeria despite company claims that the task was completed. Shell is the largest oil company to operate in the Niger Delta, with over 5,000 kilometers […]
RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear
RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear RCMP say they are just working to keep the peace A dispute over energy projects and aboriginal rights is heating up at a pipeline protest camp in northern B.C. where First Nations leaders fear police are planning mass arrests. Since 2009, Wet’suwet’en people, […]
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 […]
Premiers conference could see clash over pipelines and emissions
Premiers conference could see clash over pipelines and emissions Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall signals growing frustration with Ontario, Quebec Canada’s longest serving premier isn’t happy. Not one bit. And Brad Wall is letting some of his colleagues know it before he arrives in St. John’s for the annual meeting of the country’s provincial and territorial […]
