Tag: Canadian Pipelines
Column: Canada must clarify its national carbon policy
Ambiguity on carbon policy is beginning to cost Canada By Dennis McConaghy and Jack Mintz Are Canadians being well served by what currently exists as national carbon and pipeline regulatory policies? Do they represent a reasonable balance between Canada credibly contributing to dealing with the risk of global climate change and capturing the economic potential of […]
Canadian Prime Minister: Don’t pit pipelines against wind turbines
“We all know we have to get beyond fossil fuels, but we are simply not there yet.”: Trudeau VANCOUVER _ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used a speech to a clean tech conference Wednesday to make a direct pitch for the expansion of the country’s oil and gas sector, a direction he later appeared to […]
Enbridge beats expectations, reporting $378M Q4 profit
Enbridge facing delays in US, Canada CALGARY _ Enbridge beat expectations with a $378 million profit and $494 million in adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter, a period when it completed several pipeline projects including the reversal and expansion of Line 9B in southern Ontario. It also acquired the New Creek Wind Project in West Virginia […]
Energy East application too hard to understand, NEB orders changes
NEB calls on TransCanada to repackage Energy East application differently CALGARY _The National Energy Board is directing TransCanada to rework its application to build the contentious Energy East pipeline because the document is too hard to understand, even for experts. The federal energy watchdog, in a letter to the Calgary-based pipeline builder (TSX:TRP), said it’s not […]
Canadian pipeline assessment rules to be released by federal government
Canadian pipeline assessment process likely to include upstream greenhouse gas emissions OTTAWA _ The Liberal government is poised to announce new rules today for assessing major resource projects such as oil pipelines. A technical briefing is being scheduled for news media before Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announces the new process this afternoon. Liberals say […]
Energy East pipeline debate: Canadian PM says his job is to bring people together
Energy East rejected by Montreal-area mayors MONTREAL _ The federal government’s role is not to force cities such as Montreal to accept energy projects, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, a day after his opponents demanded he tell the city’s mayor to “smarten up” and accept the controversial Energy East pipeline. Trudeau met with Denis […]
Line 9 tampered with, shut down briefly overnight
Line 9 tampered with in Ontario and Quebec recently CALGARY _ There’s been another case of tampering involving an Enbridge oil pipeline in Ontario. Company spokesman Graham White confirms the line was shut down briefly overnight while maintenance workers inspected the pipeline. He says Enbridge’s control centre detected a valve closure on Line 9 just […]
Canadian energy, climate progress under new Liberal government: EU
Canadian energy policy, climate change linked OTTAWA _ The European Union says the arrival of the Trudeau Liberal government heralds a new era of transatlantic co-operation on energy and climate change. Marie-Anne Coninsx, the EU ambassador to Canada, says the Oct. 19 election of Justin Trudeau has changed the playing field on those two issues. […]
Energy East pipeline opposed by Montreal area mayors
Energy East would take Alberta crude to Saint John, N.B. refinery MONTREAL _The rejection by Montreal-area municipal leaders of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East pipeline prompted a sharp political rebuke from some parts of Western Canada on Thursday. The Montreal Metropolitan Community, which represents 82 municipalities and 3.9 million residents, said it opposes the project […]
Enbridge boosting security after recent cases of pipeline sabotage
Enbridge Line 7 shut down in early January due to sabotage CALGARY _ In a field on the outskirts of Sarnia, Ont., there’s a big blue wheel surrounded by a chain-link fence. Attached to the fence and nailed to a nearby wooden post is a warning: high pressure petroleum pipeline. Early one December morning, a […]
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