BigCityLib Strikes Back: Enbridge Spills
One in a continuing series. Their playing Regina this time. But don’t worry, the NEB is on the case.
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Enbridge Spill
I’m sure the company will spin this 262,000 litre oil spill in Regina as a ‘good news’ story. You decide. You can read additional information here. Recommend this Post
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Keystone XL wasn’t the only pipeline project to rankle Canadians in 2014. WIDESPREAD PUBLIC DEBATE on building vast networks of snaking energy pipelines throughout Canada dominated the country’s...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Obama Vetoes Bill Pushing Pipeline Approval
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In one of Washington’s worst kept secrets President Barack Obama confirmed earlier indications of his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. This is huge and...
View ArticleNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: Would 7¢ fines deter improper acts of...
The National Energy Board penalized Enbridge Pipelines Inc. $16,000 in February and $264,000 in March 2015 for four separate incidents in western Canada. The Harper Government set the maximum penalty...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Jordan Brennan discusses the utter failure of past trade agreements to live up to their promises, making it all the more unclear why we should be prepared to accept...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: What you know in the PMO
Obviously, the revelation that Mike Duffy saw his job in the Senate as including a role as a publicly-funded lobbyist for the climate denial movement raises a whole new set of questions about the Cons’...
View ArticleSusan on the Soapbox: Boycott Tim Hortons? Seriously??
The recent media frenzy generated by Tim Hortons’ decision to pull the Enbridge ads off their in-store Tims TV monitors almost drove Ms Soapbox to drink (G&Ts not Tims double double). Then she...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Activists Temporarily Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 9...
Three protesters forced Enbridge to temporarily shut down its Line 9 pipeline last week after they locked themselves to equipment a valve at Ste-Justine-de-Newton on the Québec-Ontario border. The post...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Enbridge Shirks Its Moral Responsibility
The National Observer reports the following:Enbridge Inc. will save $22,000 after convincing Canada's pipeline enforcement agency that it shouldn't have been punished for failing to help neighbouring...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Friends In High Places: The NEB Continues Its...
Last week I posted a story about the National Energy Board taking pity on Enbridge, reducing a fine levied against the energy delivery giant for the damage it caused to private property in Manitoba....
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Tom Parkin writes about the growing divide between the lucky few who are siphoning wealth out of Canada, and the mass of people facing a precarious economic...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Enbridge asks for another shot: Public comment...
Friday, June 3, 2016 The Enbridge Northern Gateway project's conditional approval is on track ... . . . → Read More: Environmental Law Alert Blog: Enbridge asks for another shot: Public comment period...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Court overturns Canada’s approval of Northern...
In a decision that's already being hailed as a major victory for First Nations and the planet, the Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned the Canadian government's 2014 approval of Enbridge's...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Field notes from the Haida Gwaii Potlatch: Why...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 I was honoured to have been invited to witness this historic potlatch, Raven Always Sets Things Right, hosted by the Yahgulaan... . . . → Read More: Environmental Law...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Carrying forward lessons from Northern Gateway
Thursday, December 8, 2016Understandably, those opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain project have not been in a mood to celebrate this past week. At the same time as the Prime Minister...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: A Kinder Morgan snapshot
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 It’s been a while since we’ve updated you about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion project (KMX). A lot has happened in the past few months, so here’s...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: United we beat Enbridge: Celebrating the defeat...
Monday, April 10, 2017 West Coast Environmental Law was happy to accept an invitation to attend a celebration in Gaaw (Old Massett) on March 25, co-hosted by Haida Gwaii CoAST and the Council of the...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Report questioning tidewater premium for Alberta petroleum...
PHOTOS: No Smoking … no kidding! An oil tanker sits in a Spanish port. B.C. environmentalists don’t want to see scenes like this on their coast. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons) A lot of Albertans believe...
View ArticleThe Disaffected Lib: Setting the Record Straight on Trudeau, Notley, Bitumen,...
What’s the difference between all-out nuclear war and catastrophic climate change? So far we haven’t been stupid enough to resort to all-out nuclear war. Both
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