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Hillary Clinton faces confrontation with activists over support for (near) eco-terrorism

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Leading eco-activists like Bill McKibben are supporting Climate Direct Action’s illegal pipeline tampering, Hillary Clinton should denounce Thanks to Wikileaks, we now know that Hillary Clinton has battled radical eco-activists inside the Democratic Party. Given the environmental movement’s enthusiastic support for pipeline tamperers, expect that fight to ratchet up in the final weeks of the […]

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Brad Wall anti-carbon tax argument not likely to sway majority of Canadians

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Canada can’t buck international trend to mitigate climate change, plenty of evidence carbon taxes do work, plenty of evidence carbon capture doesn’t work The emerging Canadian anti-carbon tax champion is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who wrote a hard-nosed op-ed about carbon taxes in Friday’s Globe and Mail. Unfortunately, once again his message appeals to industry boosters instead of

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Why Climate Direct Action activists are so dangerous and Greenpeace should withdraw its endorsement

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If there are more attacks on energy infrastructure, Greenpeace should be held accountable by authorities in United States, Canada Annette Klapstein is a 64-year old mother, and presumably a grandmother, so no surprise she writes about family and love with such passion. Klapstein is also a criminal climate activist who endangered lives when she helped shut

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Greenpeace supports pipeline tampering, says ‘climate movement is willing and able’ to do it again

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Greenpeace stands with Climate Direct Action, whose members say they are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect the Earth from the Alberta oil sands, pipelines What were they thinking? American climate change activists closed five pipelines carrying Canadian oil sands crude to US markets Tuesday by shutting valves at pumping stations, endangering lives and property. Such

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Dakota Access pipeline protest quickly turning into quagmire for industry

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Native groups and eco-activists appear to be settled in for a long fight with Energy Transfer Partners, industry Media pundits love to be right…unless they’re right about something they’ve warned about, and then that something comes true. Welcome to the Dakota Access pipeline standoff, the next chapter in the alliance between eco-activists and Native Americans.

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Making sense of American, Canadian energy and climate politics

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Cautious governments advancing climate mitigation energy policies, hectored by eco-activists to go quicker and by industry boosters to go slower Understanding modern energy politics is like trying to get a handle on Middle East politics – definitely not for the faint of heart.  But energy – and it’s policy twin, climate change – is at the heart of

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Notley demand for pipeline a spat in the making or political theatre?

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau widely expected to approve Kinder Morgan project to West Coast in mid-Dec. Rachel Notley’s “pipeline for carbon tax support” demand could mean one of two things: either the fix is in on the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline or Alberta and Ottawa could be heading for a showdown. The Alberta NDP premier has been

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Pacific NorthWest LNG just the start of Canadian energy project approvals

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Expect many more energy projects like Pacific NorthWest LNG in coming years as governments balance decarbonizing, economic development On Tuesday, the Canadian government approved Malaysian-owned Petronas’ $36 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project, environmentalists pitched a fit, industry boosters cheered, it was all very predictable. But what is the average Canadian to make of the nasty West Coast fight

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Saudis roll the dice, hope production deal doesn’t awaken slumbering American shale giant

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Even if OPEC, Russia deal works as hoped, uptick in US shale production could keep prices depressed Crude oil prices rose Friday on news that OPEC agreed to stabilize global markets. Somewhere in Riydah, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is desperately hoping he can finesse prices high enough to cut Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning deficits but not high

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How the Trudeau government tore up the rulebook on pipelines

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 Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is scrapping years’ worth of Harper-era strategy on getting pipeline deals done. Will it work? Published in Canadian Business by Markham Hislop When Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won an unexpected majority government last October, Canadian First Nations and environmentalists cheered, while oil and gas executives groaned. The new prime minister banned oil

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