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Unprecedented BC glacier melt seeps into US climate change concerns
Posted by CBC: None Given on May 18th, 2014
CBC: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers that have scored the landscape over millennia, shaping the rugged West Coast since long before it was the West Coast.
But they're in rapid retreat, and an American state-of-the-union report on climate change has singled out the rapid melt in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue.
"Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia are shrinking substantially," said the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released last week to much...
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Enbridge Line 9 Pipeline Reversal Approved by Canadian Energy Board
Posted by CBC: None Given on March 7th, 2014
CBC: The National Energy Board has approved energy giant Enbridge's plan to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of a pipeline that has been running between southern Ontario and Montreal for years.
The green light for the Calgary-based company is subject to certain conditions and requirements.
A statement from the National Energy Board says "the board’s conditions require Enbridge to undertake activities regarding pipeline integrity, emergency response, and continued consultation."
Enbridge...
Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections
Posted by CBC: None Given on February 4th, 2014
CBC: A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal regulator effectively buried for several years about a rupture on a trouble-prone TransCanada natural gas pipeline.
On July 20, 2009, the Peace River Mainline in northern Alberta exploded, sending 50-metre-tall flames into the air and razing a two-hectare wooded area.
Members of Dene Tha’ First Nations community of Chateh, about 50 kilometres away from the site of the blast, also want to know why the report was not released...
No Keystone answer yet, John Kerry tells John Baird
Posted by CBC: None Given on January 17th, 2014
CBC: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he still doesn't have an answer on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension, and suggests it won't be coming any time soon.
Kerry, as well as Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, took questions from reporters Friday morning in Washington, with Kerry's opening remarks stressing the "unity" among the three countries.
Kerry says TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline application is making...
Canada: Northern Gateway Pipeline Opposition Groups Threaten ‘Direct Action’
Posted by CBC: None Given on December 23rd, 2013
CBC: Opponents of Northern Gateway said Friday that the war against the pipeline will now be waged against the federal government, which will decide the project's fate after a federal review panel recommended approval.
A coalition of environmental groups gathered in Vancouver the day after the National Energy Board released its report and recommendations, to say that Calgary-based Enbridge may have had the support of the panel, but not the public.
Gerald Amos, chairman of the Friends of Wild Salmon...
Canada: TransCanada Sued by Former Land Agent for Pipeline Feedback
Posted by CBC: None Given on October 30th, 2013
CBC: Pipelines, land rights focus of meetings in New Brunswick Readers divided by TransCanada's pipeline project TransCanada tries to woo support for west-east pipeline
TransCanada Corp. was soliciting public comments from New Brunswickers about the proposed pipeline through a subcontractor.
The company that wants to build the Energy East pipeline is facing a lawsuit by a former subcontracted employee whose job was to get feedback from New Brunswickers.
Craig Barry was one of 12 land agents who...
Canada: Dozens Flee Homes After Fuel Train Cars Derail, Explode West of Edmonton
Posted by CBC: None Given on October 19th, 2013
CBC: A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford.
Parkland County Emergency Services says it received a call about the accident involving a westbound train around 1 a.m. MT Saturday.
Firefighters block the highway near Gainford, Alta. as emergency crews battle a fire at the scene where 13 rail cars came off the tracks in an early-morning derailment. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)...
Canada: Kingston Raises Concerns over Enbridge’s Canadian Pipeline Plans
Posted by CBC: None Given on October 9th, 2013
CBC: Kingston residents and elected officials say they have concerns about Enbridge Inc.'s plan to change how oil flows through a pipeline that runs through their community.
Enbridge's Line 9 has carried foreign crude oil from Montreal to Sarnia, Ont., along a path that closely follows Highway 401 in eastern Ontario, cutting through communities such as Cornwall, Brockville and Kingston.
With oil from Alberta now less expensive than imported oil, the Calgary-base energy company is seeking approval...
Canadian Govt Spent $120 Mil on Research for Enbridge
Posted by CBC: None Given on September 5th, 2013
CBC: Federal Green MP Elizabeth May is accusing the federal government of using tax dollars to support the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. May says her party has obtained documents showing $120 million in oil spill-related research is being carried out off the north coast, where Enbridge hopes to run oil tankers as part of its proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Read more about the Northern Gateway Pipeline "The fact that the federal government is using our tax dollars to back stop Enbridge's...
Province Investigates After Spill Complaint on Athabasca River
Posted by CBC: None Given on July 8th, 2013
CBC: The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) is demanding answers and action from the province following reports of a large petrochemical spill in the Athabasca River.
A member of the ACFN first reported seeing a large oily sheen on the river about 60 kilometres north of Fort McMurray on Saturday morning.
By the afternoon, the sheen had grown to over 100 kilometres in length, said Chief Allan Adam in a release made Sunday.
Believing the sheen to be the result of a petrochemical leak, the...