Peter Tertzakian, The Globe and Mail, Feb. 05 2013

“No one goes there nowadays,” said Yogi Berra. “It’s too crowded.”

Journalstar.com, February 9, 2013

CALGARY, Canada — Crude from Alberta's oil sands sells at a 30 percent discount to its U.S. counterpart. TransCanada Corp. Chief Executive Officer Russ Girling plans to narrow that gap whether or not his Keystone XL pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico wins approval from the Obama administration.

Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Feb 5 2013

CALGARY — For the Canadian energy industry desperate to pump oil and natural gas through British Columbia, the single greatest obstacle has been the dozens of first nations fighting to ensure pipelines are never built.

Jeff Lewis, National Post, Jan 31 2013

CALGARY — TransCanada Corp.’s advance into the remote shale gas fields of British Columbia has been temporarily stalled amid concern that a proposed 100-kilometre expansion to its B.C. pipeline system would “unreasonably subsidize” users of the addition.

Terry Pedwell, Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 1 2013

OTTAWA - The federal government is firming up its support of two projects that would see oil from Alberta piped to Atlantic Canada.Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he gave a tentative nod to one proposal in a meeting with industry giant Irving Oil.

Canadian Press, National Post, Jan 29 2013

Chief Terry Teegee says the projects are at risk because there are no agreements in place for First Nations to assess them

Jane Taber, Shawn McCarthy, Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, January 28, 2013

HALIFAX, OTTAWA and CALGARY — 

New Brunswick Premier David Alward is headed to Alberta to inject some political momentum into a proposed $5-billion, cross-Canada oil pipeline that he describes as a nation-building project.

News Release, Wilderness Committee, January 24, 2013

This new report, Financial Liability for Kinder Morgan, analyses the insurance available to pay for oil spill response costs and damages caused by a potential marine-based oil spill resulting from the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.The report was co-authored by the Living Oceans Society, Georgia Strait Alliance, West Coast Environmental Law and the Wilderness Committee, and addresses the fact that Kinder Morgan’s new Trans Mountain Pipeline proposal represents an exponential increase in the risk of a major marine-based oil spill affecting the Salish Sea’s most populous region—including the Cities of Vancouver and Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands.

By Darren Campbell, Alberta Oil Magazine, January 14, 2013

TCPL to build $5.1 billion pipeline that will feed coastal terminal

If you’re keen on seeing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the coast of British Columbia, Wednesday was a good day.

Matthew Brown & Josh Funk, Associated Press, Dec 28, 2012           

Trains carrying more oil across US amid boom

Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are increasingly turning to an industrial-age workhorse _ the locomotive _ to move their crude to refineries across the U.S., as plans for new pipelines stall and existing lines can't keep up with demand.

Nathan VanderKlippe, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 24 2012

A struggling natural gas export project on the British Columbia coast is on the cusp of being built after Chevron Corp. agreed to take over as operator of Kitimat LNG.

Dan Frosch, New York Times, December 21, 2012

A forthcoming federal report on pipeline safety has found that members of the general public are more likely to identify oil and gas spills than the pipeline companies’ own leak detection systems.

Zoe McKnight, Vancouver Sun, December 14, 2012

First Nations leaders signed an indigenous legal declaration on Thursday, banning pipelines and oil tanker traffic in British Columbia in a further attempt to halt Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway project.

News Release, Yinka Dene Alliance, December 13, 2012

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaims "Save the Fraser Declaration Day" recognizing need to protect rivers and coast from tar sands threat

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 13, 2012) - (Coast Salish Territories) - Opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker project continued to gain momentum today as the Tahltan Central Council, the Tahltan Band Council and the BC Metis Federation signed the Save the Fraser Declaration, an indigenous law declaration banning tar sands pipelines and tankers from crossing British Columbia, signed by over 130 First Nations.

Ry Rivard, Charleston Daily Mail, December 12, 2012

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- No alarms went off in Columbia Gas Transmission's Charleston control room Tuesday afternoon, even as a massive explosion rocked one of the company's natural gas pipelines 15 miles away, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

Travis Crum & Lori Kersey, WV Gazette, 11 Dec 2012

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. -- A gas line exploded in Sissonville on Tuesday afternoon, leading to a massive blaze that destroyed houses, sent flames shooting nearly 100 feet into the air on both sides of Interstate 77 and melted asphalt and guardrails on the highway.No one was killed in the explosion and fire. Several people were treated for smoke inhalation, either at the scene or at local hospitals. But everyone was accounted for, and no one was seriously injured in the blast, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said at an afternoon briefing.

Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Star-Telegram, Associated Press, 11 Dec 2012

HOUSTON — A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the latest legal battle to plague a project that has encountered numerous obstacles nationwide.

Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, Nov. 22 2012

Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory, seized equipment and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity.

Adam Voge, Casper Star-Tribune, November 23, 2012

Former employee accuses company of negligence

CASPER, Wyo. — A pipeline company knew its natural gas pipeline in Wyoming had faults before a section of the pipe blew last year, says a former employee who worked extensively on the project.

Dave Cooper, Edmonton Journal, November 21, 2012

EDMONTON - Atco Pipelines is proposing to spend about $700 million to replace 260 kilometres of high-pressure natural gas pipelines in Edmonton and Calgary, with homeowners paying an extra $2 per on their monthly bills over five years to cover the work.

Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now, October 11, 2012

Roughly 250 people packed Confederation Seniors' Centre Wednesday night for the first public town hall meeting organized by a Burnaby residents' group opposing Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion plan.

Brent Jang & Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Sep. 10 2012

Vancouver & Calgary — Spectra Energy Corp. and BG Group PLC are proposing a new pipeline megaproject to carry natural gas to the British Columbia coast for export to Asian markets, making it the largest bet yet that the province’s energy riches will find a home abroad in a high-stakes race worth tens of billions of dollars.

Saul Elbein, Texas Observer, August 22, 2012

Landowners have little recourse when a pipeline company uses eminent domain authority.

Jack Lessenberry, Dome Magazine, August 24 2012

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, August 24, 2012

Kinder Morgan limits allocation as demand exceeds what pipeline can carry

Chevron Canada has begun shipping Alberta crude to its Burnaby refinery by tanker truck as a result of a supply cap imposed on customers on the Trans Mountain pipeline.