Quebec seeking offshore deal
By JONATHAN MONTPETIT, Halifax Chronicle Herald, July 30, 2010
MONTREAL — Negotiations have been launched between the federal government and Quebec in an attempt to strike an offshore drilling deal similar to those that have enriched Atlantic provinces.
Enbridge takes new tack promoting pipeline
Nathan Vander Klippe, Globe and Mail, July 16, 2010
Company is unveiling a new set of arguments that tie energy to living conditions, in a bid to convince others that they can do good for the world by supporting pipelines
As U.S. awakens, Canada hits snooze on oil addiction
By Antonia Zerbisias, The Star, July 16, 2010
A report to Parliament on the Alberta Oil sands is, literally, being shredded
Denial, they say, is not just a river in Egypt.
According to environmentalists, it’s also the Athabasca in Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk Is Tyee's First Writer in Residence
by David Beers, TheTyee.ca, July 15, 2010
 Nikiforuk: 'Startling ideas and stories.' |
An interview with the expert tar sands journalist who will be writing here about 'Energy and Equity.'
Andrew Nikiforuk says we have only ourselves to blame for bird flu, mad cow disease and a host of other diseases.
What Those Who Killed the Tar Sands Report Don't Want You to Know
by Andrew Nikiforuk, the Tyee.ca, July 15, 2010
Why did a parliamentary committee suddenly destroy drafts of a final report on tar sands pollution? Here's what they knew.
Desire for cheap gas beats sane energy policy
Dan Gardner, Times Colonist, July 15, 2010
Any informed observer knows there is a long list of reasons developed nations should act swiftly and urgently to reduce their reliance on oil.
Devon Energy shuts down oil sands wells after bitumen-laced steam leak
Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail Update, Jul. 12, 2010
Failure at one of the company’s wellheads sent a plume of high-temperature steam into the air for nearly 36 hours last weekend
A pawn in a gas game
Diane Francis, Interview, National Post, July 9, 2010
Nellie Cournoyea is chairwoman and chief executive of the $300-million Inuvialuit Regional Corp., which has investments in construction, pipelines, trucking, airlines and real estate. She is the former premier of the Northwest Territories and also an ardent and passionate spokeswoman for her region.
Future of Sable gas dims
By JUDY MYRDEN, Chronicle Herald, July 9, 2010
As output declines, ExxonMobil rules out developing new fields
Thursday was a dark day for Nova Scotia’s offshore gas industry.
Alberta pays to deliver oilsands message
By Sarah O’Donnell, Edmonton Journal, July 3, 2010
Province buys half-page ad after premier's letter rejected
EDMONTON — Alberta's premier delivered his pro-oilsands message to a Washington Post audience Friday morning through a $55,800 Cdn half-page ad in the paper, instead of an opinion piece as originally intended.
Ignatieff supports oil tanker ban off B.C. coast
David Ebner, Globe and Mail, June 21, 2010
Vancouver — The federal Liberals want to ban oil supertankers from British Columbia’s northwestern coast, a promise that would halt the building of a proposed $5.5-billion oil sands pipeline from Alberta through northern B.C.
Oil and water: Another missed opportunity
CRAIG MCINNES, Vancouver Sun, June 9, 2010
Three Mile Island didn't slow nuclear industry and BP's Gulf debacle won't alter our dependency on cheap power
The timing of the catastrophic 1979 accident at Three Mile Island couldn't have been better for opponents of nuclear power.
Coalition takes federal government to court to protect lakes
MEDIA RELEASE, Council of Canadians, June 4, 2010
Ottawa - The Sandy Pond Alliance, a coalition including the Council of Canadians, MiningWatch, the Newfoundland and Labrador Natural History Society, Sierra Club Atlantic, and scientists and activists in Newfoundland, launched a legal challenge against the federal government today for allowing the dumping of mining waste into Canadian lakes and rivers. The announcement was made at press conferences held in St. John’s Newfoundland and Ottawa this morning.
Minimal spill risk from proposed pipeline: Enbridge
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, June 5, 2010
But 'gaps remain' in federal rules designed to curtail damage in case of a major oil leak, experts say.
There is only a remote chance that British Columbia north coast waters would suffer a major spill from new oil tanker traffic, according to proponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline project.
Massive tankers, crude oil and pristine waters: Can the unthinkable be prevented?
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, June 5, 2010
A $5.5-billion project would transport 83.5 million litres a day from Edmonton to Kitimat and beyond by sea.
Calgary's Enbridge Inc. is promising state-of-the-art technology and oil spill prevention plans for its proposal to ship an average of 83.5 million litres of crude oil per day through British Columbia's environmentally sensitive north coast waters.
Feds watered down regulations governing East Coast offshore drilling
By Andrew Mayeda, Vancouver Sun, June 3, 2010
OTTAWA — The Harper government has watered down regulations governing oil drilling off Canada's East Coast so that oil companies don't need a backup plan to drill a relief well in the event of a blowout.
Enbridge faces battle over Asia pipeline
Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Jun. 01, 2010
Fresh from fighting off oil sands producers who questioned the necessity of a major new pipeline to the United States, Enbridge Inc. (ENB-T48.41-0.65-1.32%) now faces a battle with one of its competitors over a plan to ship Canadian crude to Asia.
The Disobedient Albertans
By David Berry, Alberta Views, June 2010
Are Greenpeace's stunts outrageous or essential?
PICKUP TRUCKS ARE HARDLY A RARE SIGHT IN ALBERTA, BUT THEY approach the level of standard accessory on the streets and in the work camps of Fort McMurray. So it’s doubtful that the convoy of seven white trucks heading out to Shell’s Albian Sands mine drew much attention, even with their orange warning flags waving and amber rooftop lights slowly turning, even when they began bumping across the muddy expanse of the mine itself. But then they parked.
No moratorium on offshore oil exploration in Canada's Arctic
ANDREW MAYEDA, Vancouver Sun, May 28, 2010
The federal government is moving ahead with plans to grant new offshore oil-exploration licences in Canada's Arctic, despite the U.S. government's expanding freeze on offshore drilling after the Gulf Coast spill.
Northern Gateway Project key links
Environmentalists upset governments reject almost all northern pipeline advice
Bob Weber, Winnipeg Free Press, May 18, 2010
Environmentalists are angry that Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have rejected almost all the advice in a lengthy and expensive report on the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline.
Alberta welcomes more Chinese oil sands investment, Stelmach says
By Aileen McCabe, Canwest News Asia Correspondent, Calgary Herald, May 18, 2010
Premier says China clearly on radar for Canada's energy sector
BEIJING — When Premier Ed Stelmach said in Shanghai this week, "our doors are open," it was a clear invitation for more Chinese investment in Alberta's oilsands.
Alberta picks North West Upgrading for processing bitumen received from producers
By Dan Healing and Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald, May 19, 2010
CALGARY - The Alberta government has chosen Calgary-based North West Upgrading Inc. to refine the heavy, sticky oilsands product it will receive in place of cash through its bitumen-royalty-in-kind initiative.
Only 10 Mackenzie pipeline recommendations OKed
CBC News, Monday, May 17, 2010
Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have fully accepted only 10 of the 115 recommendations made by an environmental panel about the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline.
