Reading Time: 4 minutes Those who fight pipelines and shrug at the higher risks of rail transportation are naive at best and deceitful at worst
Tag: Pipelines
Another blow to pipeline projects in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The NEB plans to judge a project on the greenhouse gas emissions of the people who produce the oil, as well as those who eventually consume it
The search for Trans Mountain’s 15,000 construction jobs
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why would elected officials promote a construction jobs figure six times Kinder Morgan’s actual number?
B.C. government’s pipeline paranoia putting safety at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Real world data shows that oil can be moved safely and less expensively by pipeline, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Giving oil discounts or taking liberties with details?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The majority of oil produced in Canada is by companies with integrated operations in the U.S. There is no ‘captive market’ and no ‘discount’ because of it
Canadians’ US$38-million-a-day gift to Americans
Reading Time: 4 minutes Failure to build pipelines leaves us with no choice but to sell our oil to the U.S. at cheap prices, leaving it to sell its own oil at the international price
Why Trudeau and Notley are right to support pipeline expansion
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need the Trans Mountain project in order to protect the environment, keep costs in control, ensure the safety of workers and bolster the nation’s economy
A pipeline straight to energy industry trust
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta Energy Regulator’s new website on pipeline performance helps the public better understand crucial operating dynamics
How political activists have weaponized “duty to consult”
Reading Time: 3 minutes First Nations in Ontario are challenging routine maintenance work on the Canadian Mainline, which carries natural gas from western to eastern Canada
Pipeline protests should not overpower good governance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Potential protesters should understand that good governance requires decisions be made for the good of all Canadians, not just one interest group