Fuel tanker runs aground in Northwest Passage
Globe and Mail, Sep. 02, 2010
A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, Canadian coast guard officials confirmed Thursday.
The Canadian-registered vessel, named 'Nanny,' hit a sandbar Wednesday in the area near Simpson Strait, Nunavut. It was carrying supplies to Northern communities.
Environmentalists stunned by failures of key measures in Legislature
By Evan Halper, Marc Lifsher and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2010
Activists expected big gains, but a ban on plastic grocery bags, another on a chemical used in baby bottles and a bid to boost alternative energy fell short in the face of heavy industry opposition.
Proposition 23, Anti-Environment 'California Jobs Initiative', Is Funded By Big Polluters In Texas And The Midwest
Laura Bassett, Huffington Post, September 2, 2010
Proposition 23, the so-called "California Jobs Initiative" threatening to suspend some of California's unprecedented clean air and renewable energy legislation, is raking in millions of dollars from Texas oil companies and special interest groups in the Midwest that stand to profit from rolled-back environmental regulation.
Production rig in Gulf of Mexico explodes; Coast Guard rescuing workers
David Hammer, The Times-Picayune, September 02, 2010
A shallow-water production rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded this morning, causing the thirteen crew members aboard to abandon the structure.
Enbridge denies allegations of coercion
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail, Sep. 01, 2010
House committee members say company asked Michigan residents near spill site to sign waivers against further liability
Mackenzie pipeline talks should be open: panel
CBC News, September 1, 2010
Review body accuses federal government of not being transparent
Hundreds protest Enbridge Northern Gateway in Kitimat
By Shaun Thomas, The Northern View (Prince Rupert), August 31, 2010
Hundreds of people gathered outside of Riverlodge in Kitimat today to protest plans for the Enbridge Northern Gateway while a hearing hosted by the Joint Review Panel took place inside.
The Republican Who Dared Tell the Truth About Oil
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, August 30, 2010
Matt Simmons understood the wages of addiction and wasn't afraid to sound warnings, even to George W. Bush.
Elevated levels of toxins found in Athabasca River
Josh Wingrove, Globe and Mail, August 30, 2010
Finding refutes long-standing claims that water quality hasn’t been affected by oil sands development
EnCana Pleads Guilty To Bird Deaths; To Spend $3M For Protection
By Edward Welsch, Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2010
CALGARY (Dow Jones)--Canadian natural gas company EnCana Corp. (ECA) pleaded guilty to the deaths of 55 birds at its plants in Colorado and Wyoming, and agreed to spend more than $3 million on bird protections in those states.
Exploration for natural gas causes consternation in Quebec
Les Perreaux, Globe and Mail, August 30, 2010
In most places west of Manitoba, the arrival of yet another oil or gas drilling rig is cause for little notice or concern. In Quebec, a half dozen gas wells and the potential of hundreds more may be about to set off a new kind of identity crisis.
Hundreds of defects in Enbridge oil pipeline
Chris Killian, Kalamazoo Gazette, August 28, 2010
MARSHALL — About 100 miles east of the site where the Enbridge Inc. pipeline recently ruptured, company officials in December 2009 found an anomaly in the same line that led them to reduce the pressure there by 90 percent, according to a company document.
Poll finds opposition to pipeline plans
By Jes Abeita, Vancouver Sun August 28, 2010
Almost half of B.C. residents oppose two proposed pipeline projects and only one-third support them, a poll released Friday by Angus Reid indicates.
CAEPLA Connections, August 2010
CAEPLA Connections, Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Assocations, August 2010
BC Hydro pursuing multi-billion dollar dam upgrade program
BIV Business Today, 27 August 2010
When Bill Bennett was appointed B.C.’s minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources in June, one of the first questions he asked the executive team of BC Hydro was: If you tally up all the energy projects in development in B.C., including Site C, including the independent power producers that have energy purchase agreements and including all the scheduled dam expansions, will B.C. attain energy self sufficiency?
Metro waste-burning plan heads to Victoria
Jeff Nagel, BC Local News, August 27, 2010
Three Metro Vancouver mayors will go to Victoria Wednesday to present their controversial waste plan opening the door to increased garbage incineration.
B.C. government locks up two mining deals with native bands
Vancouver Sun, August 25, 2010
VANCOUVER — The provincial government has signed two revenue-sharing agreements with two first nation communities in the last two days for specific mining projects within the areas the groups claim as traditional territory.
Enbridge oil pipeline dent under St. Clair River presents "remote chance" of leak
TODD SPANGLER, Detroit Free Press, August 25, 2010
WASHINGTON – A pipeline that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River late last month has a dent in a section that runs under the St. Clair River where it crosses from southeastern Michigan into Canada, a Michigan congresswoman revealed today.
Greenland happy to be the new oil frontier
Terry Macalister, guardian.co.uk, 24 August 2010
Cairn Energy's gas find sparks hopes that Greenland can ditch its reliance on fishing and tourism
Cairn confirms Greenland oil find
Richard Wray, guardian.co.uk, 24 August 2010
• Cairn says well has found gas and oil-bearing sands in Arctic
• Greenpeace ship already in area protesting against drilling
Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta
John Vidal, guardian.co.uk, 22 August 2010
• Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years
• Report claims rest of leaking oil caused by saboteurs
Ottawa allocates $9 million to train 600 native workers for pipeline jobs
By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun August 21, 2010
The federal government has pumped $9 million into a training program for up to 600 aboriginal workers for the $1.2-billion Pacific Trail Pipeline project, MP Jay Hill announced Friday in Prince George.
Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil future
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers, August 18, 2010
WASHINGTON — Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life — and possibly with oil, gas and minerals.
Tradeoffs in offshore drilling
By Carrie Tait, Financial Post, August 18, 2010
CALGARY -- Canada’s offshore drilling rules must not be so stringent that the industry is hampered and must find a balance between environmental restrictions and economic benefits, a Senate committee said Wednesday.
Enbridge tab for Michigan oil spill could reach $400 million US
By Dina omeara, Calgary Herald, August 18, 2010
Insurance expected to cover 90 per cent of costs
Clean up costs of an oil spill into Michigan waters could reach up to $400 million, not including environmental fines, according to a subsidiary of Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.





























