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.
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.
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.
Shell adds precautions for Arctic drilling
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2010
Reporting from Seattle - Facing last-minute questions over its plan to launch exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, Shell Oil Co. pledged Monday to deploy a prefabricated coffer dam ready for "immediate" use in the event of a blowout, with a full-scale oil spill response within an hour.
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.
The Northwest Passage: crude oil's next toilet?
By L. D. CROSS, The Hill Times, May 17, 2010
Whether it is the Northwest Passage or, the Canadian Arctic Passage, an oil spill on the scale of the Gulf of Mexico disaster would permanently contaminate the top of the world.
Drilling clash puts Arctic oil at risk
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail, May. 13, 2010
NEB to review regulations, prompting protests from energy firms who say exploration will be too challenging
A standoff over drilling regulations between the federal regulator and oilcompanies is putting at risk the development of massive oil deposits under the Beaufort Sea.
Conoco seeks hearing delay on Canadian Arctic oil drilling
By Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald, May 4, 2010
Lessons could be learned from Gulf leak
CALGARY - Industry observers are asking the National Energy Board to delay a
hearing into policies for drilling offshore oil wells in the Arctic until a
cause can be determined for the ongoing blowout and oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Interest in Baffin Bay oil 'high'
Bloomberg, Edmonton Journal, April 10, 2010
Greenland says "interest is high" in its oil licence round in the Baffin Bay, an area shared with Canada that may hold as much as 18 billion barrels of oil.
Moratorium urged on Arctic oil and gas
Open Letter, COC-IEN-REDOIL, March 26, 2010
The Council of Canadians, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Alaska-based REDOIL Network have written an open letter to the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Norway, Denmark, Russia and the United States who will be present at the Arctic Summit in Chelsea, Quebec on March 29, 2010.
China prepares for an ice-free Arctic
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), March 1, 2010
For immediate release (Stockholm/Oslo)
China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months. An ice-free Arctic would provide China shorter shipping routes, possible access to natural resources and the incentive for closer cooperation with Arctic nations, especially the Nordic countries. But it also raises the possibility of new international tensions, according to a new SIPRI study launched in Oslo today.
