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 […]
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Harper appears to endorse Northern Gateway in TV interview
September 21, 2011
Energy Politics In an interview with Bloomberg News, Prime Minister Stephen Harper strongly endorsed the bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Texas, the controversial Keystone XL project and then went on to apparently push for the Enbridge Northern Gateway project by saying "there is all the more reason why Canada should look at trade diversification and […]
Energy Environment Link The West Coast Environmental Law blog says the decision by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to take funding away from the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area plan may actually blow back on Enbridge, delaying the Northern Gateway pipeline project for years. The cancellation of the funding is perceived as part of the […]
Energy Links According to media reports, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has killed support for the Pacific North Coast Integrated Area Management Initiative (PNCIMA) set up to monitor the ocean on the northern BC coast, while at the same time killing a plan to ban export of bitumen to countries with poor environmental records. The Calgary […]
EnvironmentPost Media News Feds silence scientist over West Coast salmon study Post Media News reports that the Privy Council Office, part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office, is refusing to allow a prominent scientist speak to the media and the public about her study on the collapse of salmon stocks on the west coast, suggesting […]
National Post Editorial National Post editorial board: Ottawa isn't the oil sands' enemy, Edmonton is There's an old adage in Alberta politics that when all else fails, bash Ottawa. Well, Alberta's Tory government must feel itself at risk of failure, because it has begun making far-fetched claims about how its federal cousins -- Stephen Harper's new […]
Alberta Oil Magazine Darren Campbell column Alaska pipeline development doesn't bode well for NWT project As everyone returns to the office after the Victoria Day long weekend, supporters of the star-crossed Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) are left to wonder what the future holds for the $16.2 billion proposed pipeline scheme now that BP plc […]