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A Texas pipeline company’s lawsuit accusing Greenpeace of defamation, disruptions and attacks during protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline goes to trial in North Dakota on Monday, in a case the environmental advocacy organization says threatens free speech rights and its very future. The lawsuit stems from the protests in …
Read More »Federal government faces potential loss if Trans Mountain pipeline sold: budget watchdog
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimates the Trans Mountain pipeline is worth less than it cost to build, according to an updated financial assessment of the controversial project. The budget watchdog says the pipeline could be worth between $29.6 billion and $33.4 billion, depending on what happens after the initial …
Read More »TC Energy says $1B sale of minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups is delayed
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 9:10 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TC Energy Corp. says a deal to sell a minority stake in its Western Canadian natural gas transmission network to a consortium of Indigenous communities has been delayed. …
Read More »Manitoba pipeline under construction now partially operating as work continues
Progress continues to be made on repairs to a Manitoba pipeline that supplies diesel and jet fuel to the Winnipeg area. News Source link
Read More »Trans Mountain pipeline project clears another major hurdle toward completion
The Canada Energy Regulator has given an 11th-hour green light to the over-budget, federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline, currently under construction in Western Canada. In a ruling posted to its website late Friday, the regulator gave its blessing to the pipeline giant to change its routing methodology in a 2.3-kilometre stretch …
Read More »Indigenous rights collide with $35B Western Canada pipeline expansion
Trans Mountain, the company that’s building the federal government-owned pipeline expansion from Alberta through B.C., says its project, which is billions of dollars over budget, is now 95 per cent complete. The company hopes oil will start flowing within weeks. Except there’s a problem. Some residents of an Indigenous community …
Read More »‘Previously unidentified’ landfill woes boost Trans Mountain pipeline costs
A Trans Mountain company report reveals new details about what triggered massive cost overruns within its pipeline expansion project, including problems it says were caused by an abandoned landfill site. Submitted to the Canadian Energy Regulator, the 47-page report states that construction crews encountered an “extreme risk” in the form …
Read More »Enbridge responds to Indigenous band’s challenge to Line 5 pipeline
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 17, 2023 11:48 am Updated May 17, 2023 11:49 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. is pushing back hard against an Indigenous band’s efforts to shut down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline. The Bad River Band of …
Read More »Gas pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea preceded by huge blasts, Denmark and Sweden say
The explosions that rocked natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea ahead of huge methane leaks “probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos,” Denmark and Sweden wrote Friday in a letter to the United Nations. Norwegian researchers published a map Friday projecting a huge plume of methane …
Read More »‘Unprecedented’ Nord Stream pipeline damage in Baltic Sea raises suspicion as to causes
A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline in Poland that will bring Norwegian gas to Europe in efforts to bolster energy independence from Moscow. Danish …
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