November 2016

We come to bury Northern Gateway, not to praise it

Northern Gateway proves that if Canadian oil/gas industry doesn’t change its political narrative, pipeline projects are in danger Northern Gateway – the dead pipeline walking, the zombie pipeline – finally died yesterday at the hands of Justin Trudeau. Good riddance. But has the Canadian oil and gas industry learned anything from its failure? The project […]

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Liberals count on math, time to survive Trans Mountain uproar

Liberals count on math, time to survive pipeline uproar By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Despite open signs of nervousness among legislators, Canada’s ruling Liberals bet they can survive the political damage caused by allowing the Trans Mountain pipeline to be built from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast. Prime Minister Justin

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Officials back away from checking cars headed to Dakota Access pipeline protest

Dakota Access protesters say project poses danger to water, sacred sites By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Nov 30 (Reuters) – North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline project near a Native American reservation, the governor’s office said on

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Shell green energy deals studied to prepare for future after oil

Shell green energy deals to meet investor demands, climate policies  By Karolin Schaps and Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s second-biggest publicly listed oil company, is studying acquisitions in the green energy sector, its CEO told Reuters, as it bows to shareholder demands for a strategy beyond fossil fuels. Shell, which

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