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TransCanada weighs next steps after U.S. court’s Keystone ruling
Posted by Reuters: Julie Gordon on February 20th, 2014
Reuters: TransCanada Corp said on Thursday it is considering how to proceed with its Keystone XL pipeline, a day after a court overruled the Nebraska governor's decision to allow the controversial line to pass through the Midwestern state.
"We are disappointed and disagree with the decision of the Nebraska district court and will now analyze the judgment and decide what next steps may be taken," the company said in a statement. "Nebraska's attorney general has filed an appeal."
Canada's No. 2 pipeline...
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Comments Off on TransCanada weighs next steps after U.S. court’s Keystone rulingCanada panel urges better response plan for oil spills
Posted by Reuters: Julie Gordon on December 3rd, 2013
Reuters: Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said on Tuesday, as fears of a major marine disaster grow.
The report, by the federal transport department, makes 45 recommendations, including ensuring companies are prepared for a worst-case scenario and new guarantees that taxpayers will not be liable for costs related to spills in Canadian waters.
Regulators are currently weighing separate...
Mexico pipeline oil spill may take month to clean
Posted by Reuters: Julie Gordon on January 14th, 2012
Reuters: Two weeks after a pipeline leak in coastal Mexico sent oil gushing into a river, state oil monopoly Pemex has recovered about two-thirds of the spilled crude, but the full clean-up could take another month.
Mexico's environmental protection agency, Profepa, is supervising containment of the 1,500-barrel spill that killed fish, injured wildlife and left greasy slicks in the Coatzacoalcos river.
"Right now it is more about containing the emergency," Profepa official Sergio Herrera told Reuters....