Those against oil sands production have another study to add to their cause. A report released this month claims wild animal food sources caught in northern Alberta have higher-than-normal levels of pollutants. The study makes a connection between contamination and oil sands production. The study titled, Environmental and Human Health Implications of the Athabasca Oil […]
All publicity is not good publicity
Was it a bribe or good faith financial deal? TransCanada Corp. has given an Ontario town $30-thousand. Mattawa plans to use the cash to purchase a new rescue vehicle. Some people are asking what the money is really for. You see Mattawa is located on the proposed Energy East pipeline route and Bloomberg.com is reporting […]
Enbridge not deterred by court ruling
A unanimous ruling buy the Supreme Court granting First Nationas title to their land is not deterring Enbridge in its quest to build the Northern Gateway pipeline. CEO Al Monaco told an energy conference the decision only reinforces his approach when it comes to First Nations consultation. Monaco says Enbridge already has agreements with more […]
Poll shows how Alberta & B.C. residents feel about Northern Gateway
Support for the pipeline that would run from northern Alberta through B.C. to the west coast is split between the two provinces, but it’s slipping in both. According to a poll by Insights West, two-thirds of Albertans support the pipeline. That’s a drop from three out of four in January 2013. In B.C. Enbridge’s project […]
Northern gateway pipeline approval approved in Alberta’s heartland
While environmental groups and First Nations criticized the Harper government for approving the Northern gateway pipeline, the provinces industrial heartland has a different take. Not surprisingly it wants the pipeline to satisfy the 209 conditions and get the go ahead to start building. The Executive Director of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), Neil Shelly, told […]
Academics give Harper Government a failing grade
A Canadian-led group of academics has gone to the British journal Nature in an attempt to get both Canada the and U.S. to declare a moratorium on further oil sands development as well as new pipelines. Ecologist Wendy Palen at Simon Fraser University, says both countries need to ensure development doesn’t outweigh commitments to cut […]
Pipeline proposal to Edmonton
It would be twice the size of the Northern Gateway pipeline and much shorter. The project by TransCanada would see in the neighborhood of 900,000 barrels a day flow into the Edmonton from northern Alberta. Construction could start within a few months. The Alberta Energy Regulator is holding a hearing into the $3-billion Grand Rapids […]
Group stands behind Northern gateway pipeline
The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) is coming out firmly in support of the Harper Government’s decision to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline, with conditions (209) attached. The twin pipeline, which stretch more than 1100 km from Northern Alberta to new port facilities in Kitimat, B.C. The project is important to the CSPA because it […]
Oil and gas patents hit record high thanks to boom in unconventional energy
Across the world records have been set in oil and gas patents all in the hunt for unconventional forms of energy like the oil sands. 12,062 oil and gas patent applications were made in 2013. That’s 30 percent higher than the previous year. About two out of every three new patents are being filed in […]
Iraq Could Be the Country That Gets Keystone Approved
The fact that Iraq is crumbling and could be on the verge of civil war might be what it takes to prompt the US government to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. With record oil production in the United States likely to soften any domestic blow volatility on the world scene will have, America will still […]
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