The federal government’s recent approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline requires the company to meet 209 tough conditions. Some of those conditions specify marine and tanker safety requirements, including provisions for both oil spill recovery and, more critically, oil spill prevention. As someone who frequently kayaks along our beautiful mid-coast, I’m well aware of the […]
Costly lobby efforts
TransCanada Corp., the company building the Keystone XL pipeline, has spent almost twice as much money this year compared to 2013 on lobbying U.S. government officials. So far the company has shelled out $790,000 this year. The company says the money has been spent lobbying on “natural gas issues in the United States and between […]
Comment: Who is Unifor fighting for?
Imagine you are a union member who pays dues off every paycheque to have the union protect your job, then one day you find out your dues are being used to make your job obsolete. That’s what’s happening to plenty of members of Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union. Unifor announced this month it is joining […]
Funding the fight
Fundraising efforts are underway to help pay for the pending legal battle against the Northern Gateway Pipeline. British Columbia First Nations and environmental groups are involved in the campaign. A website, Pull-Together.ca, has been created to collect the donations. Sierra Club BC spokeswoman Caitlyn Vernon says the initial goal is to raise $125,000 . (source: […]
Another PetroChina executive is in hot water
A corruption probe in China which is looking into PetroChina’s operations in the oil sands is now looking into the activities of a fourth company executive The probe which began by just looking at PetroChina, is now looking at other oil companies including Brion Energy Corp., China National Petroleum Corp. This is particularly troubling to […]
New diluent line to oil sands up and running
Inter Pipeline has completed a $1.1 billion conduit serving two northern Alberta oil sands projects operated by Cenovus Energy Inc. The new line will deliver as much as 350,000 barrels per day of diluent, an ultra light form of crude oil blended into the tar-like bitumen from the oil sands so it can flow on […]
Al Jazeera interview with Dr. John O’Connor
Al Jazeera did an interview recently with Dr. John O’Connor, considered by many to be the first doctor to speak publicly about a possible connection between the oil sands and people living in the area. That was ten years ago. His findings were not welcomed by Health Canada which accused him of misconduct and leveled […]
Is the U.S. trying to strongarm EU to accept petroleum products from Alberta’s oil sands
It’s being reported by the IPS News Agency documents suggest the U.S. government is trying to prevent a landmark regulatory proposal in the European Union aimed at addressing climate change. Environmentalists, working off of documents released through open government requests, say U.S. trade representatives are responding to frustrations voiced by the oil and gas industry. […]
Time to phase out old rail cars
The Daily Journal is reporting the oil industry and the railroads are giving U.S. regulators a plan to phase out a type of older tank car connected to fiery accidents, including the one a year ago in Quebec that killed 47 people. The publisher of the story was talking on a condition of anonymity to […]
Amazing technology
This is the Dockwise Vanguard heavy marine transport vessel, and it is a marvel. It is 275 meters long, 70 feet wide, and can carry a total of 117,000 metric tons (that’s almost 258 million pounds). That is enough to carry an offshore oil platform, which is impressive in and of itself, but it’s how […]
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