What are the numbers telling us when it comes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Keystone XL pipeline? All depends on who you want to believe. The U.S government says there will be no appreciable increase in GHG emissions. A new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute dispute that. Researchers Michael Lazarus and Peter Erickson claim the […]
Comment: Do we need a moratorium on oil sands development?
by Alberta School of Business professors Andrew Leach and Branko Boskovic In a comment published in Nature on June 25, Wendy Palen of Simon Fraser University and a series of co-authors argue that a policy should be imposed in North America such that, “no new oil sands projects should move forward unless developments are consistent […]
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 […]
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. […]
Comment: Understanding the Hold-up Behind the Keystone XL Pipeline
For years the Keystone XL pipeline has been a source of heated debate. While both complex and nuanced, the arguments both for and against the pipeline can be easily divided between the pro-oil business interest that sees cheaper gas and new American jobs, and the anti-oil environmentalist which fears the pipeline would only increase our […]