Energy Politics Finance minister Jim Flaherty is "talking tough" according to the Globe and Mail's Steven Chase and threatening the Americans with the Northern Gateway pipeline in the wake of the postponement of the Keystone XL project. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty [is] warning the postponement could kill the project and accelerate this country's efforts to […]
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State Department briefing on Keystone XL postponement
November 10, 2011
Link Transcript of U.S. State Department briefing by Kerri-Ann Jones Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, on the decision to postpone a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. Briefing on Alternative Routes for the Keystone XL Pipeline
Environment Energy A coalition of environmental groups led by ForestEthics says the fact the US State Department included climate change in its decision to reassess the Keystone XL pipeline means that Enbridge just do the same for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat. Even before the Keystone decision, the environmentalists filed a […]
Keystone "too important not to proceed" TransCanada CEO says
November 10, 2011
Energy Environment Politics The CEO of TransCanada, Russ Girling, reacting to news that the US State Dept. has delayed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline said Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, "This project is too important to the U.S. economy, the Canadian economy and the national interest of the United States for it not to proceed." […]
Energy Environment The Pembina Institute, the Alberta based environmental and energy think tank has reacted to the decision by the United States Department of State to delay approval of the Keystone XL bitumen pipeline by urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to under take a similar "objective perspective" on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline from […]
Energy Environment Politics Updated 1915 Nov. 10, with link to TransCanada statement, 1940 with more reaction. The United States Department of State has delayed approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until 2013. A news release posted on the State Department's website confirmed earlier media speculation about a delay in the pipeline project approval until […]
Keystone XL delayed until 2013, media reports say
November 10, 2011
Energy Politics Numerous media reports, quoting sources, are saying that approval of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas has been delayed until 2013, after the current American election cycle.The New York Times says U.S. to Delay Decision on Pipeline Until After Election The Obama administration is preparing to delay a decision on the […]
Enbridge confident of avoiding Keystone XL woes: Globe and Mail
November 9, 2011
Energy Link In Enbridge confident of avoiding Keystone XL woes, The Globe and Mail reports on Enbridge's US bound pipelines. (So it is not really a story about Northern Gateway, although the Keystone and Gateway projects are similar) Enbridge Inc. is expressing confidence that it won't be harmed by the problems that have dogged its […]
The Kochs and Keystone XL: Columbia Journalism Review
November 9, 2011
Columbia Journalism Review looks at the Koch brothers, their Canadian holdings, and attempts to intimidate the media from small news sites to giants like Bloomberg and Reuters. The Kochs and Keystone XL The article concentrates on a small site called InsideClimateNews. This is what CJR says about InsideClimateNews and Koch's Canadian holdings Koch Industries owns […]
In her column in The Calgary Herald, Nov 4, 2011 aimed at making the Northern Gateway Joint Review process quick, efficient and excluding a lot of people who want to make oral comments pro-pipeline columnist Deborah Yedlin raises once again what is a big deal for the mostly conservative Postmedia columnists. (See Part One of […]