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Biden’s Crime Against the Economy
Biden’s Crime Against the Economy I try to keep politics out of my economic analyses, and my approach is non-partisan. But sometimes I can’t avoid it because political policies can have significant economic impacts. Today is one of those times. One of Joe Biden’s first acts as President was to kill construction of the Keystone […]
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits On April 15, Judge Brian Morris nullified water-crossing permits in Montana that were granted for the Keystone XL, a major setback for the long-embattled tar sands oil pipeline. The ruling came just days after Keystone XL owner TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada, obtained billions of dollars in subsidies from the Alberta government […]
Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline
Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment I’m going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid months, a story that combines naked greed, political […]
In Major Defeat For Trump, Judge Blocks Construction Of Keystone XL Pipeline
In Major Defeat For Trump, Judge Blocks Construction Of Keystone XL Pipeline In a setback for the Trump administration, a federal judge in Montana temporarily halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline late on Thursday on the grounds that the U.S. government did not complete a full analysis of the environmental impact of the […]
Disaster Hits Canada’s Oil Sands
Disaster Hits Canada’s Oil Sands Kinder Morgan said it would halt nearly all work on a pipeline project that is crucial to the entire Canadian oil sands industry, representing a huge blow to Alberta’s efforts to move oil to market. Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion is the largest, and one of the very few, pipeline […]
Nebraska Approves Keystone XL Pipeline as Opponents Face Criminalization of Protests
Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEBRASKA APPROVES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AS OPPONENTS FACE CRIMINALIZATION OF PROTESTS NEBRASKA’S PUBLIC SERVICE Commission approved the Keystone XL pipeline Monday, eliminating a major regulatory hurdle to construction of a project that galvanized people across the U.S. into opposition. The decision comes days after the existing Keystone pipeline, to which the KXL […]
Keystone XL Pipeline Shut Down After 5,000-Barrel Spill In South Dakota
Keystone XL Pipeline Shut Down After 5,000-Barrel Spill In South Dakota Well this is awkward. After months/years of protests targeting the Keystone XL pipeline from environmentalists worried about oil spills, TransCanada has now been forced to shut down the pipeline following…drum roll please…a 5,000 barrel oil spill in South Dakota. According to The Hill, the […]
Dakota Pipeline Struggle Between the ‘People’ and the ‘Powerful’ Remains Underreported
Dakota Pipeline Struggle Between the ‘People’ and the ‘Powerful’ Remains Underreported Angela Miracle Gladue, a member of the Frog Lake First Nations, a Cree community in Edmonton, Canada, attends a rally in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and in opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The event was in Lafayette Park […]
Fate of Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Decided in a Texas Courtroom Before NAFTA Tribunal Considers TransCanada’s Suit
Fate of Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Decided in a Texas Courtroom Before NAFTA Tribunal Considers TransCanada’s Suit Texas landowner Michael Bishop continues to challenge TransCanada’s right to build the southern route of the Keystone XL pipeline, renamed the Gulf Coast pipeline when the project was divided into segments. Meanwhile, TransCanada is suing the United States for not being granted the […]
Exclusive: Newly Released Inspection Reports on Keystone XL’s Southern Route Fuel Doubt Over ‘Safest Pipeline Ever Built’ Claims
Exclusive: Newly Released Inspection Reports on Keystone XL’s Southern Route Fuel Doubt Over ‘Safest Pipeline Ever Built’ Claims TransCanada’s claim that the southern route of the Keystone XL Pipeline is the safest pipeline ever built in the in the United States is challenged by the release of new documentation confirming multiple code violations. Daily inspection reports on the construction […]
Breaking: TransCanada’s Hopes For “Zombie” Keystone XL Pipeline Revived As South Dakota Validates Expired Permit
Breaking: TransCanada’s Hopes For “Zombie” Keystone XL Pipeline Revived As South Dakota Validates Expired Permit The South Dakota Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted unanimously to keep TransCanada’s hopes for the Keystone XLpipeline alive by validating its permit certification that expired in 2014. Chris Nelson, the chair of the commission, concluded TransCanada could still meet all the conditions of its […]
As CO2 Levels Rise, Obama Still All Talk And No Action
As CO2 Levels Rise, Obama Still All Talk And No Action President Obama is once again talking out of both sides of his mouth with regard to the need to protect the environment. After joining Facebook last week, the President used his very first video post to address the issue of climate change. The President said in the […]
Beyond Keystone: Why Climate Movement Must Keep Heat On
Beyond Keystone: Why Climate Movement Must Keep Heat On It took a committed coalition and the increasingly harsh reality of climate change to push President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. But sustained public pressure will now be needed to force politicians to take the next critical actions on climate. The key passage — […]
Shell Scraps Oil-Sands Project, Points at Big Issue For Canada
Shell Scraps Oil-Sands Project, Points at Big Issue For Canada On October 27, the Anglo-Dutch oil major announced that it was pulling the plug on its Carmon Creek oil sands project in Alberta, Canada. The project was expected to yield 80,000 barrels per day in oil sands production, which was originally greenlighted in 2013. However, the markets […]
Canadian Oil Trapped Without More Pipeline Capacity
Canadian Oil Trapped Without More Pipeline Capacity Adding insult to injury for Canada’s oil industry, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came out against the Keystone XL Pipeline on September 22, ending several years of silence and waffling on the controversial issue. That comes as a blow to TransCanada, the project’s backer, who wanted to connect Canada’s oil […]
