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Organizing Across State Lines to Stop a Pipeline
Organizing Across State Lines to Stop a Pipeline Activists protest against the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline at the United States Capitol on Friday, October 15, 2021. PHOTO BY TOM WILLIAMS/CQ-ROLL CALL, INC VIA GETTY IMAGES Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big […]
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines The impact of last week’s deluge sends a sobering message, say engineers and activists. Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline near Hope, BC, in October. The pipeline is currently shut down due to massive floods and landslides that hit the province last week. Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press. […]
Canada Spent $23 Billion to Support Pipelines in Just Three Years
Canada Spent $23 Billion to Support Pipelines in Just Three Years Taxpayers should understand the financial and climate risks of the big commitment, says an independent report. Governments’ financial support for pipelines is financially and environmentally risky, says a report. Photo from Trans Mountain. Canadian pipelines have received over $23 billion in support from federal and […]
RCMP Planned to Use Snipers in Assault on Wet’suwet’en Protest, Guardian Reports
RCMP Planned to Use Snipers in Assault on Wet’suwet’en Protest, Guardian Reports Newspaper cites planning documents that called for ‘lethal overwatch’ to ensure pipeline built. The RCMP were prepared to use snipers with shoot-to-kill orders when they launched a raid to remove Indigenous protesters slowing pipeline construction in Wet’suwet’en territory, the Guardian reported today. The exclusive […]
Exclusive: Enbridge Is Behind This Front Group Pushing the Company’s Line 3 Oil Pipeline Project
Exclusive: Enbridge Is Behind This Front Group Pushing the Company’s Line 3 Oil Pipeline Project Minnesotans for Line 3, a group established last year to advocate for an Enbridge oil pipeline project, presents itself as a grassroots organization consisting of “thousands of members.” But a DeSmog investigation has found that behind the scenes, the Calgary-based energy […]
Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil
Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil Parts of two pipelines owned by controversial Canadian pipeline companies remained shut down Thursday following the discovery of a leak near St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, CBC News reported. Both TransCanada‘s Keystone pipeline and Enbridge‘s Platte pipeline run parallel to each other through the area. The Keystone […]
Alberta Is Playing a Dangerous Game with Pipeline Ad Campaign
Alberta Is Playing a Dangerous Game with Pipeline Ad Campaign The anti-BC PR blitz fuels the anger of right-wing groups like the ‘yellow vests.’ A Tyee investigation revealed the expensive details of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s national public relations effort to scapegoat British Columbia, including dubious claims of pipeline benefits translated into Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Filipino and […]
Another Crucial Canadian Pipeline Runs Into Trouble
Another Crucial Canadian Pipeline Runs Into Trouble Late last year, Royal Dutch Shell gave the greenlight to a massive LNG export terminal on Canada’s Pacific Coast, one of the largest investments in LNG in years. But like other fossil fuel projects in Canada, the plans have run into some trouble. Shell’s LNG Canada project hinges […]
First Nations Pipeline Protest: 14 Land Protectors Arrested as Canadian Police Raid Indigenous Camp
First Nations Pipeline Protest: 14 Land Protectors Arrested as Canadian Police Raid Indigenous Camp In Canada, armed forces raided native Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia Monday, with at least 14 arrests being reported. Land defenders faced off with Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the police breached two checkpoints set up to keep pipeline workers out […]
The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up
The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up Things have been quite active in the Eastern Mediterranean lately, with Israel, Cyprus and Greece pushing forward for the realization of the EastMed pipeline, a new gas conduit destined to diversify Europe’s natural gas sources and find a long-term reliable market outlet for all the recent Mediterranean gas […]
Alberta’s Problem Isn’t Pipelines; It’s Bad Policy Decisions
Alberta’s Problem Isn’t Pipelines; It’s Bad Policy Decisions Bitumen prices are low because the province has ignored at least a decade of warnings. In 2007, an Alberta government warned that bitumen prices could eventually fall so low that the government’s royalty revenues — critical for its budget — would be at risk. Photo via Government […]
TAR SANDS OPERATIONS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE: Now Losing Billions A Month
TAR SANDS OPERATIONS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE: Now Losing Billions A Month The situation at Canada’s Alberta Tar Sands Operations has gone from bad to worse as the super-low oil price is now costing the industry billions of dollars each month. Unbelievably, the price for the Western Canadian Select heavy oil fell to a […]
Bakken Prices Crumble On Pipeline Woes
Bakken Prices Crumble On Pipeline Woes Oil production is growing so quickly in the Bakken that the region is starting to suffer from painful pipeline constraints. U.S. shale is not new to pipeline bottlenecks. The Permian basin has suffered from steep discounts this year, with WTI in Midland trading as much as $20 per barrel […]
Germany Clashes With The U.S. Over Energy Geopolitics
Germany Clashes With The U.S. Over Energy Geopolitics The United States and the European Union (EU) are at odds over more than just the Iran nuclear deal – tensions surrounding energy policy have also become a flashpoint for the two global powerhouses. In energy policy, the U.S. has been opposing the Gazprom-led and highly controversial […]
